The Pope and the Iranian hostage crisis: The Limits of Papal Power in U.S.-Vatican Relations, 1975–1980: A Diplomatic Study
Author: Peter Sarros
Publisher/Publication: University of Notre Dame Press
DOI/ISBN: doi:10.2307/j.ctvvh8560.15
Sarros provides an analytical overview of the Holy See's efforts to mediate during the US - Iranian hostage crisis in 1979. Although Iran and the Vatican city maintained steady relations in the aftermath of the Islamic Revolution, the convey sent by Pope John Paul II was unable to secure the release of the American hostages. Nonetheless, the detailed account of the author exposes the power and its limits of the Holy See.
