In the Closet of the Vatican

Power, Homosexuality, Hypocrisy; THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Frederic Martel (Author) , Shaun Whiteside (Translator)

In the Closet of the Vatican

Power, Homosexuality, Hypocrisy; THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Frederic Martel (Author) , Shaun Whiteside (Translator)

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The New York Times Bestseller

'[An] earth-shaking exposé of clerical corruption' - National Catholic Reporter

In the Closet of the Vatican exposes the rot at the heart of the Vatican and the Roman Catholic Church today. This brilliant piece of investigative writing is based on four years' authoritative research, including extensive interviews with those in power.

The celibacy of priests, the condemnation of the use of contraceptives, the cover up of countless cases of sexual abuse, the resignation of Benedict XVI, misogyny among the clergy, the dramatic fall in Europe of the number of vocations to the priesthood, the plotting against Pope Francis – all these issues are clouded in mystery and secrecy.

In the Closet of the Vatican is a book that reveals these secrets and penetrates this enigma. It derives from a system founded on a clerical culture of secrecy which starts in junior seminaries and continues right up to the Vatican itself. It is based on the double lives of priests and on extreme homophobia. The resulting schizophrenia in the Church is hard to fathom. But the more a prelate is homophobic, the more likely it is that he is himself gay.

'Behind rigidity there is always something hidden, in many cases a double life'. These are the words of Pope Francis himself and with them the Pope has unlocked the Closet.

No one can claim to really understand the Catholic Church today until they have read this book. It reveals a truth that is extraordinary and disturbing.

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Published	Feb 21 2019
Format	Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition	1st
Pages	576
ISBN	9781472966155
Imprint	Bloomsbury Continuum
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Author

Frederic Martel

Frédéric Martel is a French researcher and writer.…

Translator

Shaun Whiteside

[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

National Catholic Reporter [US]
A truly shocking theory about the Vatican; the largest gay community in the world

Il Giornale [Italy]
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.

Andrew Sullivan, New York Magazine
Probably one of the best books by a journalist ever written

Gazeta Wyborcza [Poland]
Martel's conversational style is that of the raconteur […] he tells a captivating story

Catholic Herald
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.

James Alison, ABC.net.au