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    Conclave: A Novel

    By Greg Tobin

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    Born and raised in suburban New Jersey, Timothy John Mulrennan has known since childhood a deep and abiding faith in his God and his Church that leads him to a career as a priest-and propels him onto the stage of world events that include the Second Vatican Council, the Vietnam War, and the election of the first Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic church of the third millennium. Along the way he encounters some of the most remarkable characters in contemporary fiction: Henry Martin Vennholme, leader of the conservative lay movement called Evangelium Christi, and Mulrennan's bitterest enemy within the church . . . Rachel Seredi, a beautiful artist from Hungary who falls in love with Bishop Mulrennan and gives him the greatest gift a woman ever could...Cardinal Leandro Biagi, a wily and urbane politician who would be at home in the time of the Medicis and Borgias...and Jaime de Guzman, the Archbishop of Manila and longtime friend of Tim Mulrennan's, the one man who speaks in the American's defense during the divided conclave and who pays the ultimate price for his honesty and faith in God.



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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateApr 1, 2007
    ISBN9781429981842
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    Conclave: A Novel
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    Greg Tobin

    Greg Tobin is has written several books on the Catholic Church, including The Good Pope.

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    • 5/5
      Cardinal Timothy Mulrennan of New Jersey is a good man and a good priest. He has seen and done a lot and has been placed in some questionable situations. Remarkably, he has not broken his vows (although he has come really close).

      But when the pope passes away and it is time for the Conclave to select a new pope, Tim Mulrennan’s friend, the Italian Cardinal Biagi, tries to promote him as the next potential pope – the first American to hold that position.

      The possibility of this brings the attention of a Cardinal Venholme and his lay supporter, billionaire Frank Darragh, members of an ultra-conservative group within the church called the Evangelium Christi Society, who think that the moderate Mulrennan would be hostile to their aims. They are promoting another man for pope, and to further their aims they hire an investigator to dig up whatever dirt they can find on Mulrennan.

      Cardinal Mulrennan does not particularly want to be pope. He and many others in the college of Cardinals see it as an extremely difficult job – probably even worse than being President. When the newspaper stories about his past start appearing and news of them leaks into the Conclave, despite the fact that they are supposed to be secreted from the outside world until the new pope is chosen, Mulrennan confesses the truths of his past life as best he can to the Conclave. In fact, another candidate appears almost out of nowhere who seems to be a very good choice, although he is no more anxious to be pope than Mulrennan, and it looks for a time as if the whole mess has been satisfactorily resolved. But then the unthinkable happens, and college of Cardinals find themselves back in Conclave once more.

      A very satisfying read.