The Vatican's Women: Female Influence in the Holy See Book

our hundred of the 3800 people who permanently live or work in the State of Vatican City are women. They are nuns and members of the laity; some are housekeepers of churchmen; others are secretaries, translators, editors, lawyers, and middle-level officials in the papal administration. Expansive in scope and enlightening in detail, he Vaticans Womenrecalls women who have wielded power in the Vatican, including St. Catherine of Siena; Queen Christina of Sweden; Mother Pascalina, Pope Pius XIIs longtime housekeeper and confidante; and Mother Teresa. The book also disusses the papacys reaction against Catholic womens (and nuns) liberation. Unflinching in its gaze, this unprecedented book thoroughly addresses womens struggles, especially today, to +ortify their positions within the church. The Vaticans Womenis an assiduous and revealing exploration that will herald a new level of insight and dialogue among feminists, theologians, and laypeople alike.Read More