THE CONTEMPORARY PAPACY FROM PAUL VI TO BENEDICT XVI: A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY

From: The Catholic Historical Review | Date: October 1, 2006| Author: Coppa, Frank J | Copyright information

During the long pontificate of John Paul II (1978-2005) there has been a renewed interest in the papacy, head of the universal church and the world's oldest transnational institution. This is reflected in the spate of one-volume dictionaries and encyclopedias published during the past two decades including: J. N. D. Kelley, The Oxford Dictionary of Popes (1986); P. G. Maxwell-Stuart, Chronicle of the Popes (1997); Richard B. McBrien, Lives of the Popes (1997); Eamon Duffy Saints & Sinners...

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