Non-Catholic man searching for truth spends time in a Monastery and eventually is elected Pope by acclamation. Read in 1980s/1990s.

[Mary]

read in the 80's or 90's. non-Catholic man searching for truth spends time in a monastery and eventually is elected pope by acclamation

[Rainbowheart]

You need to put genre and plot details into your header. Otherwise, your post will be locked by the mods.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

It is mandatory to include genre and plot details in your topic header, as per the Group Rules.

Because this group is so huge, we will close threads that don't adhere to this requirement.

Please add more plot details to your topic header from what you've already written.

[Kris]

Mary, what's the genre (which we need to add to the header/ topic title) - e.g., adult historical fiction, adult literary fiction, etc.?

I copied plot details to the header. Feel free to edit it.