The Pro Eligendo Pontifice Mass at the Vatican ahead of the beginning of the conclave where they elected Pope Francis. File photograph: Getty Images Catholicism: A Global History from the French Revolution to Pope Francis Author : John T McGreevy ISBN-13 : 978-1324003885 Publisher : WW Norton Guideline Price : £25.99 The theme of John McGreevy’s wonderful new study of global Catholicism from the French Revolution of 1789 until the present day is the tension between the promise of “progress” inherent in the development of the modern world, and “tradition” as embodied by the teachings and practices of the institutional...