The Francis Miracle

There is no organization whose inner workings are more secretive than the Vatican - the spiritual and physical centre - of the Catholic Church. Now, with a dynamic new leader in Pope Francis, all eyes are upon the Church, as this immensely popular Pope seeks to bring it back from the right to the centre, in what can almost be described as a populist stance. With topics including politics, women, finance, scandal, and reform at the fore, never before have so many eyes been upon the Church in what could be its defining moment for modern times.

Now, the most respected journalist covering the Vatican and the Catholic Church today takes readers inside the inner workings of the Vatican to reveal its machinery, and the man at the helm in a way that no other writer can.

The Boston Globe has stated that John L. Allen "is basically the reporter that bishops and cardinals call to find out what's going on within the confines of the Vatican."