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Using inside sources and extensive field reporting about the secretive, high-stakes world of international diplomacy, Vatican reporter Victor Gaetan takes readers to the Holy See to explicate Pope Francis's diplomacy, show why it works, and to offer readers a startling contrast to the dangerous inadequacies of recent U.S. international decisions.
Table of Contents
Part One
Introduction: What Does Washington Fear About Pope Francis and Vatican Diplomacy?
Chapter 1: An Adaptable Network, Willing to Bleed
Chapter 2:Mission Beyond Religion
Chapter 3:Education of a Diplomat
Chapter 4: Sovereignty is the Ticket to the International System
Chapter 5:Diplomatic Classics, Rules of Thumb, and Modus Operandi
Part Two
Introduction: The Mustard Seed: Jorge Bergoglio as Manager, Missionary, and Mystic
Chapter 6: Stifling War in Ukraine; Prioritizing Peace with Russia
2013 protests in Ukraine lead to a war that threatens over two decades of
relationship building between Rome and Moscow
Chapter 7:Mediating Cold War Quarrels: Cuba
2014 marks normalization of relations between the US and Cuba, a landmark agreement brokered by Rome
Chapter 8:Diminishing Division: Kenya
2015 finds Pope Francis in Kenya where he shares a simple gesture
Chapter 9:Letting War’s Victims Lead: Colombia
2016 clinches a peace deal signed by government and guerillas after over 50 years
of fighting; the Catholic Church helps define the agreement’s core concern
Chapter 10: Piecing Together the Middle East: Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Saudi Arabia2017 brings political crisis in Lebanon that cardinal-patriarch works to untie
Chapter 11:Unifying the Religion of the Lord of Heaven: China
2018 achieves agreement between Vatican and Beijing on bishop selection
Chapter 12: Piercing Hearts: South Sudan
2019 witnesses a pope on his knees kissing the feet of warlords
Introduction: What Does Washington Fear About Pope Francis and Vatican Diplomacy?
Chapter 1: An Adaptable Network, Willing to Bleed
Chapter 2:Mission Beyond Religion
Chapter 3:Education of a Diplomat
Chapter 4: Sovereignty is the Ticket to the International System
Chapter 5:Diplomatic Classics, Rules of Thumb, and Modus Operandi
Part Two
Introduction: The Mustard Seed: Jorge Bergoglio as Manager, Missionary, and Mystic
Chapter 6: Stifling War in Ukraine; Prioritizing Peace with Russia
2013 protests in Ukraine lead to a war that threatens over two decades of
relationship building between Rome and Moscow
Chapter 7:Mediating Cold War Quarrels: Cuba
2014 marks normalization of relations between the US and Cuba, a landmark agreement brokered by Rome
Chapter 8:Diminishing Division: Kenya
2015 finds Pope Francis in Kenya where he shares a simple gesture
Chapter 9:Letting War’s Victims Lead: Colombia
2016 clinches a peace deal signed by government and guerillas after over 50 years
of fighting; the Catholic Church helps define the agreement’s core concern
Chapter 10: Piecing Together the Middle East: Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Saudi Arabia2017 brings political crisis in Lebanon that cardinal-patriarch works to untie
Chapter 11:Unifying the Religion of the Lord of Heaven: China
2018 achieves agreement between Vatican and Beijing on bishop selection
Chapter 12: Piercing Hearts: South Sudan
2019 witnesses a pope on his knees kissing the feet of warlords
Product details
| Published | Jul 15 2021 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 476 |
| ISBN | 9781538150146 |
| Imprint | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Illustrations | 1 b/w photo; 5 maps |
| Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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