Philip Shenon

Author, Jesus Wept: Seven Popes and the Battle for the Soul of the Catholic Church (2025), A Cruel and Shocking Act (2013), The Commission (2009)

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Kirkus Reviews: “Jesus Wept: An extraordinary accomplishment: controversial, but crucial for discussions in today’s Catholic Church.” https://t.co/sIv0sbqZtm

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In paperback March 17. With a new afterword on the death of Poor Francis and the election of Pope Leo XIV.

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| Library Journal. Best books of 2025. https://t.co/7vVCfnKOZ0

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Books of the Year 2025: Part 1 | History Today https://t.co/69TLBcLuQp

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As 2025 comes to an end, our editors and critics have selected a dozen essential reads in nonfiction and a dozen, too, in fiction and poetry. See the full list: https://t.co/qBlot4HEVq

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9/11 families' lawsuit links Saudi officials to plot — despite prince's denial https://t.co/ySwJwBZeBB

[Commonweal Magazine @commonwealmag]

Should popes be limited to five-year terms?

Paul Lakeland: The question should not seem ridiculous.
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If Shenon’s other books are half as good as this one, they’re must-reads

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There’s been talk about reexamining the 9/11 Commission report and I can’t recommend this book, which I just read, highly enough

“The Commission: The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation” by @philipshenon

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Today is the feast of Angelo Roncalli, Pope St John XXIII.

PRAYER
Almighty and eternal God, who in the Pope, Saint John XXIII, gave to the whole world the shining example of a good shepherd, grant that, through his intercession, we may with joy spread abroad the fullness of Christian charity. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.

St John XXIII, pray for us!

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Saint John XXIII, Pope, pray for us!

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"In the daily exercise of our pastoral office, we sometimes have to listen, much to our regret, to voices of persons who, though burning with zeal, are not endowed with too much sense of discretion or measure. In these modern times, they can see nothing but prevarication and ruin. They say that our era, in comparison with past eras, is getting worse, and they behave as though they had learned nothing from history, which is, none the less, the teacher of life. They behave as though at the time of former Councils everything was a full triumph for the Christian idea and life and for proper religious liberty.

"We feel we must disagree with those prophets of gloom, who are always forecasting disaster, as though the end of the world were at hand.

"In the present order of things, Divine Providence is leading us to a new order of human relations which, by men's own efforts and even beyond their very expectations, are directed toward the fulfillment of God's superior and inscrutable designs. And everything, even human differences, leads to the greater good of the Church."

Opening address, Second Vatican Council.

Happy Feast of St. John XXIII!

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Pope John XXIII arrives to the opening of the Second Vatican Council on October 11th in 1962

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On this day in 1962, Pope John XXIII solemnly opened the Second Vatican Council, the 21st and most recent ecumenical council of the Catholic Church.

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"One thing is clear: if all of these popes had died or retired after five years, each would have been remembered more favorably."

Paul Lakeland considers the case for papal term limits:
https://t.co/BX372y2uin

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The recent history of papal corruption and controversy raises the question: should popes be limited to five-year terms?

Paul Lakeland: 'Why Should Jesus Weep?'
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What were the secret meetings about in the Vatican 25 years ago? - ABC listen https://t.co/R1LKKQThFW

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The papacy and the battle for the soul of the Catholic Church: Parts 1 and Part 2 - ABC listen https://t.co/fVHe2X33fb

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The New Yorker: “Best Books of the Year So Far.”