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  • The Two Popes

  • By: Anthony McCarten
  • Narrated by: John Lee
  • Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (11 ratings)

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On 28 February 2013, a 600-year-old tradition was shattered: the conservative Pope Benedict XVI made a startling announcement. He would resign. Reeling from the news, the College of Cardinals rushed to Rome to congregate in the Sistine Chapel to pick his successor. Their unlikely choice? Francis, the first non-European pope in 1,200 years, a onetime tango club bouncer, a passionate football fan, a man with the common touch.

From the prize-winning screenwriter of The Theory of Everything and Darkest Hour, The Two Popes is a fascinating, revealing and often funny tale of two very different men whose destinies converge with each other and the wider world.

How did these two men become two of the most powerful people on Earth? What is it like to be the Pope? What does the future hold for the Catholic Church?

The Two Popes is a dual biography that masterfully combines these two popes' lives into one gripping narrative. From Benedict and Francis' experiences of war in their homelands - when they were still Joseph and Jorge - and the sexual abuse scandal that continues to rock the church to its foundations, to the intrigue and the occasional comedy of life in the Vatican, The Two Popes glitters with the darker and the lighter details of life inside one of the world's most opaque but significant institutions.

©2019 Anthony McCarten (P)2019 Penguin Audio
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A real good book to anyone interested in the ongoing between two very polar opposite popes. Lots of links to the film but a very interesting book

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Introducing Benedict and Francis separately and together in effect shows the frailty of Roman Catholicism but fails to offer any sign post to its survival. There’s plenty of food for thought for anyone searching for answers.

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My error was watching the film before realising there was a book. As usual the book went into such detail and insight it was so much more interesting. I enjoyed it very much

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