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Dec 01, 2015 in merchants in the temple, nuzzi cites lengthy passages from internal vatican documents and even tape recordings of secret meetings involving pope francis to update the tale of ecclesiastical corruption. This book by the heath brothers takes a deep dive into how our brains make decisions, the ways we make mistakes in our decisions, and how to fix these issues. Inside pope franciss secret battle against corruption in the vatican gianluigi nuzzi on. But as carson says with reference to the temple incident in johns gospel, there is no evidence that the animal merchants and moneychangers or the priestly authorities who allowed them to use the outer court were corrupt companions in graft john, 179. It reveals the instruments francis is using to reform the vatican and rid it, once and for all, of the overwhelming corruption traditionally encrusted in the roman catholic church. Merchants in the temple, by italian journalist gianluigi nuzzi, is due out thursday but an advance copy was obtained tuesday by the associated press. Merchants in the temple is a startling book that more. Its a story worthy of a dan brown novel, with its electrifying details of the trickery and scheming against the papacyexcept that it is real. In due course, the abandoned temple became a hideout for dacoits bandits, and no one dared to venture into the complex. Its publication, and that of a second book, come days after the vatican arrested two members of francis financial reform commission in an investigation into stolen documents.
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