Mariano P. Barbato is Heisenberg Fellow at the Center for Religion and Modernity, University of Münster, and Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Passau, Germany.

Chapter 1. The Holy See, Public Spheres and Postsecular Transformations of International Relations: An Introduction.- Part 1. Media Formats.- Chapter 2. Papal Diplomacy and the Rise of @pontifex.- Chapter 3. The "Media Pope" as a Challenger of Socialism: Pope John Paul II's First Trip to Poland.- Chapter 4. "I put no stock in consensus": The Young Pope and the Progressive/Conservative Cleavage in Filmic Narrations of Papal Power.- Part 2. Geopolitical Stages.- Chapter 5. The Holy See's Vision of an Abrahamic Middle East: Islam, Israel, and Oriental Churches.- Chapter 6. Papal Presence in East and South Asia: China, India and Beyond.- Chapter 7. Thought and Pilgrimage: Polish Heritage of St. John Paul II.- Chapter 8. Spectacle and Power: Sites and Spaces of Papal Visits in Spain.- Part 3. Global Transformation.- Chapter 9. Transatlantic Solidarities: Ultramontanism and Papal Mobilization in Latin America.- Chapter 10. Holy Alliance? The Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the USA and the Holy See.- Chapter 11. The Holy See as Hybrid Actor: Religion in International, Transnational, and World Society