"Maybe the best novel written about the intrigue of Vatican politics. Novelist Greeley makes a compelling case for change in the Church."
   CHICAGO-SUN TIMES

"You don't have to be Catholic to enjoy the author's wise and witty latest. Included in the high-spirited storytelling are some rare snippets of Church history regarding married popes, early Christian women involved in Church rites, and so on. Greeley knows his material and his opinions, and sets both into delicious spins here."
   PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

"As the College of Cardinals meets to choose the next pope...there is serious dissension in the ranks about whom should be the next spiritual leader of the world's one billion Roman Catholics. Cardinal Cronin (Chicago) is backing the rather liberal Archbishop of Valencia. Opposing him is the Corpus Christi Institute, a secret ultraconservative Catholic Society. While the clergy battle it out, sparks fly between Dinny and patty as they rediscover each other. The situation heats up when Dinny unearths a new Vatican investment scandal and Cronin collapses...Recommended."
   LIBRARY JOURNAL

"Who but Greeley could so seamlessly blend genuine journalistic foibles, serious marital difficulties, and cutthroat ecclesiastical politics into a single metaphor for church-reaching reconciliation...This book is a ripping good read!"
   THE SUNDAY JOURNAL SENTINEL (MILWAUKEE, WIS.)

"A book that provokes tears, laughter, anger, excitement and also provides a framework for understanding the modern challenges of the papacy should be read leisurely. But I read it in a day. What fun! This is an outstanding book. It entertains, teaches and touches, profoundly."
   REV. JOHN J. PIDERIT, S.J., PRESIDENT LOYOLA UNIVERSITY