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Reviewed on June 1, 2000
Pope John Paul II recently acknowledged past sins of the Roman Catholic Church and asked the forgiveness of God and humanity. While controversial, this unique confession also met with satisfaction. Wills's timely new work briefly introduces the blatant sins of murder, power mongering, and avarice characteristic of the medieval papacy while emphasizing the subtler "structures of deceit" we see in contemporary times. This sensitively written book ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More