In the closet of The Vatican : power, homosexuality, hypocrisy

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Label

In the closet of The Vatican : power, homosexuality, hypocrisy

Title remainder

power, homosexuality, hypocrisy

Statement of responsibility

Frédéric Martel ; translated by Shaun Whiteside

Creator

• Martel, Frédéric, 1967-

Contributor

• Martel, Frédéric, 1967-
• Whiteside, Shaun

Author

• Martel, Frédéric, 1967-

Translator

• Whiteside, Shaun

Subject

• "Doppelleben."
• Catholic Church
• Catholic Church
• Catholic Church -- Clergy | Sexual behavior
• Catholic Church -- Controversial literature
• Catholic Church -- Controversial literature
• Clergy -- Sexual behavior
• Clergy -- Sexual behavior
• Controversial literature
• Controversial literature
• Homophobie
• Homophobie
• Homosexuality -- Religious aspects
• Homosexuality -- Religious aspects
• Homosexuality -- Religious aspects
• Homosexuality -- Religious aspects
• Homosexuality -- Religious aspects | Catholic Church
• Homosexuality -- Religious aspects | Catholic Church
• Homosexuality -- Religious aspects | Catholic Church
• Katholische Kirche
• Katholische Kirche
• Kirchengeschichte
• Kirchengeschichte
• Klerus
• Klerus
• Missbrauch
• Missbrauch
• Papacy
• Starrheit
• Starrheit
• "Doppelleben"

Genre

• Controversial literature

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng

Summary

"A startling account of corruption and hypocrisy at the heart of the Vatican. [This book] exposes the rot at the heart of the Vatican and the Roman Catholic Church today. This brilliant piece of investigative writing is based on four years' authoritative research, including extensive interviews with those in power. The celibacy of priests, the condemnation of the use of contraceptives, the cover-up of countless cases of sexual abuse, the resignation of Benedict XVI, misogyny among the clergy, the dramatic fall in Europe of the number of vocations to the priesthood, the plotting against Pope Francis--all these issues are clouded in mystery and secrecy. [This] is a book that reveals these secrets and penetrates this enigma. It derives from a system founded on a clerical culture of secrecy which starts in junior seminaries and continues right up to the Vatican itself. It is based on the double lives of priests and on extreme homophobia. The resulting schizophrenia in the Church is hard to fathom. But the more a prelate is homophobic, the more likely it is that he is himself gay. 'Behind rigidity there is always something hidden, in many cases a double life.' These are the words of Pope Francis himself, and with them the Pope has unlocked the Closet. No one can claim to really understand the Catholic Church today until they have read this book. It reveals a truth that is extraordinary and disturbing."--

Member of

• Sodoma

Assigning source

Amazon.com

Cataloging source

YDX

Dewey number

282.0905

Illustrations

charts

Index

no index present

Language note

In English; translated from the French

LC call number

BX1390

LC item number

.M3613 2019

Literary form

non fiction