The murder of a world-famous physicist raises fears that the Illuminati are operating again after centuries of silence, and religion professor Robert Langdon is called in to assist with the case.

Pulitzer Prize winner Garry Wills has been asked more than once why he remains in the Church, especially in the wake of his bestselling book Papal Sins, which examined the darker side of the religion's history. In Why I Am a Catholic, he offers some persuasive and heartfelt answers. Beginning with a reflection on his early experiences as a child, and later as a Jesuit seminarian, Wills reveals the importance of Catholicism in his own life. He discusses...

Иллюминаты. Древний таинственный орден, прославившийся в Средние века яростной борьбой с официальной церковью. Легенда далекого прошлого? Возможно… Но - почему тогда на груди убитого при загадочных обстоятельствах ученого вырезан именно символ...

"When the jolly Italian peasant-turned-cardinal Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli of Venice was elected Pope John XXIII in 1958, change was in the air. The Church, many said, had refused to enter the 20th century. In response, Pope John launched Vatican II, an "ecumenical council" that summoned hundreds of church leaders to Rome. It marked one of the most progressive turns the Church had taken in centuries: "medicine of mercy," as Pope John called it. Yet,...

For more than twenty-five years John Thavis held one of the most fascinating journalistic jobs in the world: reporting on the inner workings of the Vatican. His daily exposure to the power, politics, and personalities in the seat of Roman Catholicism gave him a unique perspective on an institution that is far less monolithic and unified than it appears. Thavis reveals Vatican City as a place where Curia cardinals fight private wars, scandals threaten...

Gabriel Allon se ha deslizado silenciosamente a Venecia para pasar unas vacaciones muy necesarias con su esposa y sus dos hijos pequeños. Pero cuando el Papa Pablo VII muere repentinamente, Gabriel es llamado a Roma por el leal secretario privado del Santo Padre, el arzobispo Luigi Donati. A mil millones de fieles católicos se les ha dicho que el Papa murió de un ataque al corazón. Donati, sin embargo, tiene dos buenas razones para sospechar que...

Conclave follows one of the world's most secretive and ancient events--selecting the new Pope. Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with running this covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope. Once the Catholic Church's most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world and are locked together in the Vatican halls, Lawrence uncovers a trail of deep secrets left in the dead Pope's wake, secrets which could shake the foundations of...