The Vatican Diaries: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Power, Personalities, and Politics at the Heart of the Catholic Church: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Vatican Diaries: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Power, Personalities, and Politics at the Heart of the Catholic Church runs 12.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 12.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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What our data says
- At 12.8 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 13,085 Christianity audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner
Malcolm Hillgartner narrates 285 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,361 hours in all.
About as long, on the Christianity shelf
355 Christianity audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Vatican Diaries: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Power, Personalities, and Politics at the Heart of the Catholic Church is an audiobook by John Thavis: a 12.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Malcolm Hillgartner, released February 21, 2013, on the Christianity shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Malcolm Hillgartner
- Released
- February 21, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Christianity
- ISBN
- 9781483061733
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Vatican Diaries: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Power, Personalities, and Politics at the Heart of the Catholic Church as an audiobook?
The Vatican Diaries: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Power, Personalities, and Politics at the Heart of the Catholic Church runs 12.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.
Is The Vatican Diaries: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Power, Personalities, and Politics at the Heart of the Catholic Church free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Vatican Diaries: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Power, Personalities, and Politics at the Heart of the Catholic Church?
The Vatican Diaries: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Power, Personalities, and Politics at the Heart of the Catholic Church is narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner.
Is The Vatican Diaries: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Power, Personalities, and Politics at the Heart of the Catholic Church worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.3 hours.