Pope Dreams: Pope Peter the Improbable

Pope Anthony is dead. But then, on the night of his funeral, each cardinal has a dream in which they meet the next Pope. Their dreams reflect their own personal interests and desires, as all dreams do, but only the two Irish cardinals recognise the Pope in their dreams as one Peter MacDonald, a married father of six and a lay pastoral councillor active in the Dublin Archdiocese.

The cardinals' decision on how to respond to this miraculous revelation could change the Roman Catholic Church for...