Synopses & Reviews
This pocket edition of Richard McBrien's acclaimed Lives of the Popes is a practical quick reference tool for scholars, students, and anyone needing just a few concise facts about all the popes, from St. Peter to Benedict XVI.
Review
“This short encyclopedia... is an indispensable reference.” Newsweek
Synopsis
A concise edition of Lives of the Popes features one-to-three-paragraph biographical sketches of each pope while providing complementary information on the history and key events of their papacies. Original.
About the Author
Richard P. McBrien is Crowley-O'Brien Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. A leading authority on Catholicism, he is the general editor of The HarperCollins Encyclopedia of Catholicism and the author of The Pocket Guide to the Saints, Lives of the Saints, Lives of the Popes, and Catholicism.