The Pocket Guide to the Popes

This pocket edition of Richard McBrien's acclaimed Lives of the Popes is a practical quick reference tool for scholars, students, and anyone needing just a few concise facts about all the popes, from St. Peter to Benedict XVI.

Author: Richard P. McBrien
Publisher: HarperOne
Published: 04/29/2025
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 5.88h x 4.24w x 0.84d
ISBN: 9780061137730

About the Author
McBrien, Richard P.: -

Richard P. McBrien is Crowley-O'Brien Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. Educated at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, he has also served as president of the Catholic Theological Society of America. A leading authority on Catholicism, he is the bestselling author of Catholicism, Lives of the Popes, and Lives of the Saints, as well as the general editor of The HarperCollins Encyclopedia of Catholicism. Most recently a consultant for ABC News, McBrien offers regular commentary on all the major television networks. He is also a prizewinning syndicated columnist in the Catholic press.