Part One
Introduction: What Does Washington Fear About Pope Francis and Vatican Diplomacy?
Chapter 1: An Adaptable Network, Willing to Bleed
Chapter 2:Mission Beyond Religion
Chapter 3:Education of a Diplomat
Chapter 4: Sovereignty is the Ticket to the International System
Chapter 5:Diplomatic Classics, Rules of Thumb, and Modus Operandi

Part Two
Introduction: The Mustard Seed: Jorge Bergoglio as Manager, Missionary, and Mystic
Chapter 6: Stifling War in Ukraine; Prioritizing Peace with Russia
2013 protests in Ukraine lead to a war that threatens over two decades of
relationship building between Rome and Moscow
Chapter 7:Mediating Cold War Quarrels: Cuba
2014 marks normalization of relations between the US and Cuba, a landmark agreement brokered by Rome
Chapter 8:Diminishing Division: Kenya
2015 finds Pope Francis in Kenya where he shares a simple gesture
Chapter 9:Letting War's Victims Lead: Colombia
2016 clinches a peace deal signed by government and guerillas after over 50 years
of fighting; the Catholic Church helps define the agreement's core concern
Chapter 10: Piecing Together the Middle East: Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Saudi Arabia2017 brings political crisis in Lebanon that cardinal-patriarch works to untie
Chapter 11:Unifying the Religion of the Lord of Heaven: China
2018 achieves agreement between Vatican and Beijing on bishop selection
Chapter 12: Piercing Hearts: South Sudan
2019 witnesses a pope on his knees kissing the feet of warlords