This is a story of stunning assaults on the Papacy which fracture the world's religious sensibilities; dark secrets within Church history unveiled; and lost teachings in ancient scrolls rediscovered - harbingers of a spiritual renewal for a world at odds with itself.

Our story begins with one humble woman who makes her way to the doors of a living saint; a pilgrimage of supplication and prayer in asking for a miracle...a blessing of a new birth...which is granted. This begins a series of events that would eventually fulfill a number of prophecies made long ago by venerated saints, including Saint Malachy of Ireland and Padre Pio of Italy, ultimately leading to the transformation of the Catholic Church.

Destiny finds twin brothers, one a priest and the other an archaeologist, unexpectedly thrown into the fray, facing the challenge given by Christ to Saint Francis of Assisi to Repair My Church which is falling into ruins. When all is said and done what will be the outcome of this sweeping and tumultuous transformation? Will those who have been given the Keys to the Kingdom continue doing business as usual? Or will there be the undoing of wrongs imposed upon an unsuspecting humanity?

Author Bio: John J. Pietrangelo is a college graduate with a post-graduate degree. He has spent over fifty years researching and studying the multifarious religions of the world, along with music, psychology, philosophy and a broad spectrum of metaphysical teachings...and beyond. He is now retired and lives in Arizona. Secrets of the Lost Scrolls is his first attempt at writing a fictional novel wherein he has placed the distillation of countless hours of study and contemplation.