popes

A history of the papacy, covering a period that ranges across twenty centuries, with chronologically arranged biographies divided into seven key historical periods, a timeline of events, essays on how popes are elected and removed, a glossary, and other related information.

This book details Karol Wojtyla's childhood and the events that led him to be named Pope John Paul II in 1978.

Jack Ryan, having jumped at the offer to join the CIA as a freelance analyst in the early 1980s, quickly finds himself in over his head when he uncovers a KGB plot to assassinate Pope John Paul II.

A portrait of Peter Morrone, who was transformed from a humble monk to Pope Celestine V, only to mysteriously abdicate the chair a half year later.

In response to the death of the pope, all the cardinals are called together from throughout the world and Kiril Lakota, a Ukrainian and the youngest of the cardinals, travels to the Vatican after he is released from imprisonment in Serbia and is elected to be the pope's successor, but his new position forces him to deal with issues affecting the world.