Pope Patrick

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Summary: The best.
Review: "Pope Patrick" is by far the funniest and most cynical review of the Vatican to reach print in the past hundred years. It leaves you rolling in your seat, and at the same time reaffirms one's belief that things can turn out right despite everyone who stands in the way.

Unfortunately, the "surprise ending" in the last few pages completely shatters the aforementioned good feelings, and instills a depression that hasn't been matched since "Apocalypse Now."

If you truly want to make someone's Friday and Saturday but destroy their Sunday, hand them "Pope Patrick".

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Summary: Funny and then er........
Review: A wonderful book filled with humor, wit and plot. Respectful of Christian truth but ruthless in dealing with hypocracy. Patrick is a contrariwise, genteel pope who drives his cardinals nuts.

Many don't know Peter De Rosa wrote earlier under the Pen Name, Neil Boyd. His earlier series, Bless Me Father, was turned into a successful PBS (English) series and that video series is available through Acorn distributors. The books can be found here from used book sellers.

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Summary: De Rosa Strikes a Spiritual Chord
Review: A wonderful book filled with humor, wit and plot. Respectful of Christian truth but ruthless in dealing with hypocracy. Patrick is a contrariwise, genteel pope who drives his cardinals nuts.

Many don't know Peter De Rosa wrote earlier under the Pen Name, Neil Boyd. His earlier series, Bless Me Father, was turned into a successful PBS (English) series and that video series is available through Acorn distributors. The books can be found here from used book sellers.

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Summary: Pope Patrick
Review: I love this book! Funny, touching, & downright scary at times! The end will totally knock your socks off!

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Summary: Pope Patrick
Review: This is the best book I've read for years. It's a biting satire of much of the (near-future) Roman Catholic Church, but the author is never blasphemous or derogatory of Christianity. De Rosa is deeply spiritual, especially when speaking of Ireland, tender, gentle, at times terrifying, and at times so funny that I ended up laughing aloud at the mechanic's. I especially recommend it for anyone interested in Irish spirituality or the current problems in Roman Catholicism---it's the best thing since "Shoes of the Fisherman" in this genre.

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Summary: Funny and then er........
Review: You know I picked this book up because it seemed vaguely interesting. This was btw way back when it was first published. It was funny at first you know with the send ups with various issues as mentioned all above. But then it started to lose steam at the end and revealed to me at least how xenophobic the author was in regards to Islam and his own "Irishness." I was particularly struck by the racist card board portrayals of the Muslim characters and the dumb gee whiz attitude of Pope Patrick and in the end he came off as dumb bumbling character, you know like comic strip Ziggy. I also noticed the annoying jabs at how great the Irish are. It's one thing to nurse grievances against the English and how they screwed the Irish, but it's another when your book is a useless self-congratulatory pap of Irish greatness. Much like that horrid book: How the Irish Saved Civilization, this novel should be kept indefinitely on the remainder table or at the very least thrown into the East River.