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A carregar... Gottes letzter Diener (edição 1998)por Peter DeRosa, Peter de Rosa
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Pittig en leuk vanaf de eerste bladzijde. Luchtig, maar toch met een goede inkijk in het leven van Vaticaan, curie, prelaten ed, verwevenheid kerk/politiek, de lukraakheid van dogma's en kerkelijke leerstellingen als 'Vaticaanse roulette'.. De kleine pleziertjes van het leven tekenen de vrome kardinalen. Een paus met een warme zij het 'severe' kijk op de beleving van het geloof. Het verhaal speelt zich af in 2009, na de dood van Woytilla. Tekenend voor de teneur van het verhaal is de rol van Charley, de trouwe viervoeter en vriend van Patrick. Het lijkt wel een preview op de regering van paus Franciscus. Een boek dat leest als een vrolijk, satirisch en makkelijk verhaal, maar waarbij je je aan het einde toch vragen gaat stellen: wat als...? Nooit wordt het verhaal kwetsend of heiligschennend. De wereld in het verhaal mag er niet zo blij mee zijn, maar een Paus met een hond die hem overal en altijd begeleidt....Je zou in het echte leven bijna hopen op een paus zoals hij. :) sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
The year is 2009. America has its first Catholic president since Kennedy. The planet's other superpower is the Federation of Islamic Republics, stretching from Morocco to Pakistan. And in Rome, the aging Polish Pope, obstinate and combative to the end, has died, and the conclave of cardinals must choose a successor. After a great deal of argument and debate, they choose the least controversial candidate, the least political, the one least likely to upset the Vatican status quo--Brian O'Flynn, a kindly old Irish priest who reads Yeats and publishes obscure academic theses. At the moment of his election, a 300-pound ornamental pillar falls on his head. Then all hell breaks loose. Pope Patrick is the riotous story of a mild-mannered country cardinal who--through a democratic election, a twist of fate, and a little help from his golden Lab, Charley--turns the Vatican upside down and throws the industrial world into chaos. He deals once and for all with the thorny issues of contraception, the celibacy of the clergy, and the infallibility of the pope; sends the Dow Jones tumbling, and the hopes of the downtrodden soaring-and in the process brings the world to the brink of catastrophe. By turns funny, tender, exciting, and controversial, Pope Patrick is a scathingly brilliant, delightfully droll novel of principles, power, and faith-the story of the holiest, bravest, most likable pope since St. Peter. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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The author has a wicked sense of humor. It crops up where it is unexpected. He paints scene after scene where he continues the tedious process of making religious, political and diplomatic leaders from the USA to be buffoons.
The author requests that the end not be disclosed. Once he continues the book past its logical conclusion, the ending is strongly suggested. It is also discouraging that the author makes the Pope the one true scholar of all the characters both inside the Vatican and elsewhere.
But I did like it and I recommend it to anyone who wants some laughs and who would engage in fantasy. ( )