Breaking Faith (Hardcover) by John Cornwell

As John Paul II's Papacy draws to a close the Catholic Church, its policies and its future are being scrutinized around the globe. The election of the next Pope will have a greater impact on world affairs than that of the next president of the United States - or the leader of any single nation. Breaking Faith addresses issues that range from the core concepts of everyday practice to the organization of the Church worldwide - the "graying" of the priesthood, the growing discontent among woman religious, the determination of the hard-line conservative movement to close ranks against any hint of dissent - and finally the power of Rome, the role of the Pope and the last effects of John Paul II's autocratic rule. New hardcover. 2001.

As John Paul II's Papacy draws to a close the Catholic Church, its policies and its future are being scrutinized around the globe. The election of the next Pope will have a greater impact on world affairs than that of the next president of the United States - or the leader of any single nation. Breaking Faith addresses issues that range from the core concepts of everyday practice to the organization of the Church worldwide - the "graying" of the priesthood, the growing discontent among woman religious, the determination of the hard-line conservative movement to close ranks against any hint of dissent - and finally the power of Rome, the role of the Pope and the last effects of John Paul II's autocratic rule. New hardcover. 2001. P290.