The Vatican's Women: Female Influence at the Holy See - Softcover

Hofmann, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312283725 ISBN 13: 9780312283728

Publisher: Griffin, 2003

Synopsis

Four hundred of the 3,800 people who permanently live or work in the State of Vatican City are women. They are nuns and members of the laity: some are housekeepers of churchmen; others are secretaries, translators, editors, lawyers, and middle-level officials of the papal administration.

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From the Back Cover:

Praise for The Vatican's Women:

"This study by a veteran journalist may tell us more about the Vatican and women than any systematic study."
--Margaret O'Brien Steinfels, The New York Times Book Review

"Paul Hofmann combines the skills of a great reporter with keen yet detached observational powers."
--Eugene Kennedy, author of The Unhealed Wound: The Church, the Priesthood, and the Question of Sexuality

"Written in the engaging style of an insider"
--Library Journal

"This books is as much about the Vatican as it is about women and is full of interesting, gossipy tidbits."
--Publishers Weekly

"If you are interested in the Vatican and its workings, you will find this a good read... I picked it up intending to give it a good skim. I ended up reading every word."
--John W. O'Malley, S.J., America

About the Author:

Paul Hofmann was a foreign correspondent for The New York Times for almost thirty-five years and was chief of its Rome Bureau. He is presently a contributor to the Sunday magazine of the Times, as well as its Travel section. He lives in Rome.

About this edition

• Publisher: Griffin
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0312283725
• ISBN 13: 9780312283728
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224