Within the Closet of the Vatican: Energy, Homosexuality, Hypocrisy; THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

The New York Instances bestselling account of corruption and hypocrisy on the coronary heart of the Vatican.

Within the Closet of the Vatican exposes the rot on the coronary heart of the Vatican and the Roman Catholic Church as we speak. This sensible piece of investigative writing relies on 4 years’ authoritative analysis, together with intensive interviews with these in energy.

The celibacy of clergymen, the condemnation of the usage of contraceptives, numerous instances of sexual abuse, the resignation of Benedict XVI, misogyny among the many clergy, the dramatic fall in Europe of the variety of vocations to the priesthood, the plotting in opposition to Pope Francis – all these points are clouded in thriller and secrecy.

Within the Closet of the Vatican is a guide that reveals these secrets and techniques and penetrates this enigma. It derives from a system based on a clerical tradition of secrecy which begins in junior seminaries and continues proper as much as the Vatican itself. It’s based mostly on the double lives of clergymen and on excessive homophobia. The ensuing schizophrenia within the Church is difficult to fathom. However the extra a prelate is homophobic, the extra doubtless it’s that he’s himself homosexual.

“Behind rigidity there may be all the time one thing hidden, in lots of instances a double life.” These are the phrases of Pope Francis himself and with them, the Pope has unlocked the Closet.

Nobody can declare to essentially perceive the Catholic Church as we speak till they’ve learn this guide. It reveals a fact that’s extraordinary and disturbing.