PAPAL TRANSITION/POPES--NON-FICTION

There are several non-fiction books available at the Elk Grove Library on papal elections as well as histories of the popes. Some of them include:

Allen, John L. Conclave: The Politics, Personalities, and Process of the Next Papal Election (2002)(262.135 ALL)
Duffy, Eamon Saints and Sinners: A History of the Pope (1997)(262.1309 DUF)
Greeley, Andrew The Making of the Popes 1978: The Politics of Intrigue in the Vatican (1979)(262.136 GRE)
Hasler, August How the Pope Became Infallible: Pius IX and the Politics of Persuasion (1981)(262.131 HAS)
Hebblethwaite, Peter The Year of Three Popes (1978) (262.13 HEB)
McBrien, Richard P. Lives of the Popes: The Pontiff from St. Peter to John Paul II (1997) (282.0922 MCB)
Pham, John-Peter Heirs of the Fisherman: Behind the Scenes of Papal Death and Succession (2004) (NEW 262.13 PHA)
Reese, Thomas J. Inside the Vatican: The Politics and Organization of the Catholic Church (1996) (262.13 REE)
Walsh, Michael J. An Illustrated History of the Popes: Saint Peter to John Paul II (1980) (262.13 WAL)
Williams, Paul L. The Vatican Exposed: Money, Murder, and the Mafia (2003) (262.13 WIL)

There is also available a 6-cassette VHS history of the Papacy: Saints and Sinners from 1997 (262.1309 SAI).

A comprehensive article on papal succession can be found online at the site of America Magazine called Papal Transition written by the Rev. Thomas Reese who is the author of Inside the Vatican... cited above.
Other articles can be found at Catholic-Pages.com, Electing a Pope, and PopeChart.com, Electing a New Pope.