The Cardinal Sins

Fülszöveg

Andrew M. Greeley
This is a novel whose blunt honesty
is certain to spark controversy.
From the humblest parish to the inner
councils of the Vatican, Father
Greeley reveals the hierarchy of the
Catholic Church as it really is, and
its priests as the men they really are.
The Cardinal Sins follows the
lives of two Irish boys who grow up
on the West Side of Chicago and
enter the priesthood. One will remain
a parish priest all his life; the other
will become a powerful cardinal. We
meet them in the last summer before
they enter the seminary— the sum-
mer by the lake when they discover
their sexual selves in the arms of
two young girls whose love and lives
will entwine with theirs all through
the years.
We share their triumphs and
tragedies as Pat rises to the center
of power in the Vatican itself, sur-
rendering ideals, yielding to sexual
temptation, sharing forbidden
pleasures, yet achieving success in the
world's eyes. For Kevin, for whom
refusal to... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Andrew M. Greeley
This is a novel whose blunt honesty
is certain to spark controversy.
From the humblest parish to the inner
councils of the Vatican, Father
Greeley reveals the hierarchy of the
Catholic Church as it really is, and
its priests as the men they really are.
The Cardinal Sins follows the
lives of two Irish boys who grow up
on the West Side of Chicago and
enter the priesthood. One will remain
a parish priest all his life; the other
will become a powerful cardinal. We
meet them in the last summer before
they enter the seminary— the sum-
mer by the lake when they discover
their sexual selves in the arms of
two young girls whose love and lives
will entwine with theirs all through
the years.
We share their triumphs and
tragedies as Pat rises to the center
of power in the Vatican itself, sur-
rendering ideals, yielding to sexual
temptation, sharing forbidden
pleasures, yet achieving success in the
world's eyes. For Kevin, for whom
refusal to surrender principle is both
his strength and his failing, success
comes in another guise.
This book is a work of fiction.
It is nonetheless true. And only one
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man could have written it. Father
Andrew Greeley has been described
as one of the ten most influential
Christian thinkers in the world. In
this novel, he surpasses himself as
a diviner of human passions and
a superb storyteller as well. Vissza