the Sovereign Pope: Leo XIV and Vatican Monarchy

What happens when absolute monarchy meets the modern world?In the heart of Rome, surrounded by Italy on all sides, sits the world's smallest independent nation: Vatican City. Here, democracy doesn't exist. Elections are forbidden. One man rules supreme with absolute authority over law, finance, diplomacy, and the souls of 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide.He is the Pope. He is a monarch. And his power is unlike any other on Earth.The Sovereign Pope: Leo XIV and the Vatican Monarchy pulls back the crimson curtains on the most secretive government in the world. Author James G. Edwards II takes you deep inside Vatican walls to explore the extraordinary intersection of faith and governance, revealing how a medieval institution navigates 21st-century challenges while maintaining absolute control.