In the Closet of the Vatican

Frédéric Martel (PhD) is a French writer and researcher. He is also a journalist at National Public Radio and the author of ten books, which have been translated and published in more than 25 countries. He lives in Paris.In the Closet of the Vatican is published simultaneously in eight languages.

出版者:Bloomsbury Continuum

作者:Frederic Martel

页数:576

译者:Shaun Whiteside

出版时间:2019-2-21

价格:GBP 17.5

装帧:精装

isbn号码:9781472966148

图书标签:宗教LGBT梵蒂冈

In the Closet of the Vatican 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.

In the Closet of the Vatican 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.

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7/10。下了苦功的调查作品，把梵蒂冈的丑闻翻个底朝天。只是，在竭力保持公允的同时，是否也因这样的旁观角度，失却了一些公允？不过读起来还是叫人震撼，和玫瑰的名字一并食用更佳：“No one is saint; but some are less of a saint than others.”

7/10。下了苦功的调查作品，把梵蒂冈的丑闻翻个底朝天。只是，在竭力保持公允的同时，是否也因这样的旁观角度，失却了一些公允？不过读起来还是叫人震撼，和玫瑰的名字一并食用更佳：“No one is saint; but some are less of a saint than others.”

7/10。下了苦功的调查作品，把梵蒂冈的丑闻翻个底朝天。只是，在竭力保持公允的同时，是否也因这样的旁观角度，失却了一些公允？不过读起来还是叫人震撼，和玫瑰的名字一并食用更佳：“No one is saint; but some are less of a saint than others.”

7/10。下了苦功的调查作品，把梵蒂冈的丑闻翻个底朝天。只是，在竭力保持公允的同时，是否也因这样的旁观角度，失却了一些公允？不过读起来还是叫人震撼，和玫瑰的名字一并食用更佳：“No one is saint; but some are less of a saint than others.”

7/10。下了苦功的调查作品，把梵蒂冈的丑闻翻个底朝天。只是，在竭力保持公允的同时，是否也因这样的旁观角度，失却了一些公允？不过读起来还是叫人震撼，和玫瑰的名字一并食用更佳：“No one is saint; but some are less of a saint than others.”