De la Casa Blanca a la Santa Sede

The presidency of the United States and the papacy are inexhaustible sources of reflection and events. When we speak of the US president as "the most powerful man in the world", we must not forget the rules of the political circus in which he acts. The fears of royalty and tyranny that the first European immigrants suffered in their flesh, led to the development of a government system surrounded by counter-powers. The political joke circulating in Washington that "the only decision the president can make alone is to go to the bathroom," illustrates his conditioning, not only by the system of powerful advisers that surround him, but also at the legislative. If we talk about the successors of Saint Peter, the intervention of the Holy Spirit in the conclave that elects a pontiff operates through complex mechanisms in which virtues, actions and human passions intersect. Once elected, the burden that weighs on him is even greater -although of a different nature- than that which hangs over a president. Suddenly, 1.329 million Catholics fall on him with a multitude of nuances and aspects. This book analyzes the two largest centers of power on earth: the spiritual, whose protagonist resides in Rome (Vatican), and the political, based in Washington (White House). From Kennedy to Biden and from John Paul II to Francisco we will learn about the great milestones of the tenants of the Holy See and the Oval Office.