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Title: I can remember when Morris West was a brilliant author...
Review: ...but the ridiculous ending to this book would receive a failing grade in a freshman composition class.Unlike West's other books that deal with Catholicism, this farfetched tale does not illustrate depth, faith or compassion. He takes out his own bitterness in depicting, in essence, a Pope who has decided that most Church teachings are wrong.Andrew Greeley overworked the "democratic Church" topic years ago - but one would expect that from a pop novelist, not an author such as West.
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