TY - BOOK AU - Collins,Paul TI - Absolute power: how the pope became the most influential man in the world SN - 9781610398602 AV - BX 955.3 .C654 2018 PY - 2018/// CY - New York PB - PublicAffairs KW - Papacy KW - History KW - Popes KW - Temporal power KW - Roman question KW - HISTORY / Europe KW - bisacsh KW - RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic KW - RELIGION / History KW - RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State KW - fast KW - Vatican City KW - Papal States KW - 1815-1870 KW - Europe KW - Nonfiction N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-348) and index; Part I. Extinction? -- A death in Valence -- The "new consciousness" and "neo-ultramontanism" -- Part II. From "supreme power" to supreme pontiff -- Tackling a whole new world -- "God and the revolver!" -- "Obbedire, Obey" -- Pontificating on everything -- Part III. Rolling out and rolling back Vatican II -- Good Pope John -- "Throwing open the windows" -- The Polish colossus -- Part IV. "The smell of the sheep" -- "Reform of the reform" -- The "field hospital" -- Death and resurrection ER -