Before Margaret Met the Pope: A Conclave Story by Jon M. Sweeney and illustrator, Roy DeLeon, Before Margaret became the Pope's cat, she lived on the busy streets of Rome, which surrounds Vatican City.the world's tiniest country and home to the Pope, the Curia and the Swiss Guard. This begins the fifth adventure in the lives of Margaret and the Pope. A prequel, this episode tells of the conclave that elected the Pope who would one day meet Margaret of the Via della Conciliazone. It turns out that Margaret was somehow there, watching, in the Sistine Chapel as the votes were cast.
Children will be delighted with the behind-the-scenes story about love and the Church, and will learn what popes do, but this time, how popes are chosen. Paperback, 64 pages.
