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By (author) Martel Frederic; Translated by Whiteside Shaun
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The New York Times Bestseller – Revised and Expanded
“[An] earth-shaking exposé of clerical corruption” – National Catholic ReporterThe arrival of Frédéric Martel’s In the Closet of the Vatican, published worldwide in eight languages, sent shockwaves through the religious and secular world. The book’s revelations of clericalism, hypocrisy, cover-ups and widespread homosexuality in the highest echelons of the Vatican provoked questions that the most senior Vatican officials–and the Pope himself–were forced to act upon; it would go on to become a New York Times bestseller. Now, almost a year after the book’s first publication, Frédéric Martel reflects in a new foreword on the effect the book has had and the events that have come to light since it was first released.In the Closet of the Vatican describes the double lives of priests–including the cardinals living with their young “assistants” in luxurious apartments whilst professing humility and chastity–the cover-up of numerous cases of sexual abuse; sinister scheming in the Vatican; political conspiracy overseas in Argentina and Chile, and the resignation of Benedict XVI.From his unique position as a respected journalist with uninhibited access to some of the Vatican’s most influential people and private spaces, Martel presents a shattering account of a system rotten to its very core.
Table of contents:
Note from the author and the publishersPrologue
PART I: FRANCIS1 Domus Sanctae Marthae2 Gender theory3 Who am I to judge?4 Buenos Aires5 The Synod6 Roma Termini
PART II: PAUL7 The Maritain Code8 Loving friendship
PART III: JOHN PAUL9 The sacred college10 The Legion of Christ11 The ring of lust12 The Swiss Guard13 The crusade against gays14 The pope”s diplomacy15 Strange househld16 Rouco17 CEI18 Seminarians
PART IV: BENEDICT19 Passivo e biano20 The vice-pope21 Dissidents22 Vatileaks23 The abdicationEpilogueAcknowledgements
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[An] earth-shaking exposé of clerical corruption […] What Martel does, quite masterfully, is to connect the dots that reveal an ecclesial system in profound decay […] In the Closet of the Vatican examines in impressive detail the double lives led by many of the church”s prelates […] Without question, [the book] is a truly remarkable publishing event
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A truly shocking theory about the Vatican; the largest gay community in the world
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I urge every Catholic to read it, however difficult that may be […] The book did not surprise me, as such, but it still stunned, shocked, and disgusted me. You simply cannot unread it, or banish what is quite obviously true from your mind […] This may seem like hyperbole, but in my view, the last drops of moral authority the Vatican might hope to have evaporate with this book.
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Probably one of the best books by a journalist ever written
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Martel’s conversational style is that of the raconteur […] he tells a captivating story
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Stunned may be a much-overused word, but it”s the best one I know to describe my wonderment at the dimensions of what has come into view […] All this builds up to the realisation that you are seeing something which, once seen cannot be unseen. By anyone who has seen it. Once it is seen, it is known as a fact about the Church”s institutional working that cannot be got around. To pretend otherwise is a sign of delusion.
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A glimpse of the poisonous world that Frédéric Martel, himself gay, has spent five years researching for this book
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An important revelation
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Sensational … this is much,
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