The American Pope: The Life And Times Of Francis Cardinal Spellman
Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780440101949 (0440101948)
Publisher: Dell Publishing Company
Edition language: English
It's a fascinating study of power and politics. Spellman was not interested in theology -- at one time after the election of John XXIII, he is reported to have said, "I hire theologians" -- but he was enamored of authority and domination. At his peak he was in some ways more powerful than Pius XII, ...