The Call of Pope Octavian: A Novel of the 21st Century

Another novel by the author of A Wall for San Sebastian. Travel to Rome with a St. Louis newspaperwoman, who, like so many other well-educated Catholics, has many questions of her Church. Hike around the city with her and a seminarian tour guide. Get to know Rome. Take part in the Council over the shoulders of a Cardinal Archbishop as Progressives face Traditionalists. Follow the maneuverings in the sessions. Witness the formality of a papal election. The first Pope of the new millennium, elected when Pope John Paul II resigns early in the 21st Century, takes the name of Octavian to indicate his conviction of the great need of the Church. Just as the Roman Emperor found a city government trying to run the world, and gave Rome the machinery to function in the wider area, so Pope Octavian takes a mechanism adequate when the Church had narrow boundaries, and develops a system to give leadership to the world. Color photo on front cover.