Welcome!Thank you for visiting my webpage. My name is Michael Collins, I am a priest and author, living in Dublin, Ireland, with a passion for history, arts, culture and travel writing. I hope these pages are useful if you would like to get in contact with me.
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Leo XIV: Builder of Bridges by Fr Michael Collins (Orpen Press, 2026)
The first pope from North America, following the enormously popular Pope Francis, Leo XIV has caught the popular imagination both in his homeland and across the globe. In his new book, Father Michael Collins, who has written five papal biographies, examines the life story of the Chicago-born Robert Prevost. |
About Michael:
'I am a native of Glenageary in south Dublin. I studied at St. Conleth’s College, before reading Greek and Roman Civilization, History and Philosophy at University College, Dublin. I read theology and trained for the priesthood at Holy Cross College, Clonliffe,and was ordained in 1985. I served in a number of parishes and had the opportunity of following post- graduate studies at the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology in Rome. I later taught at a number of universities in Rome.
Since childhood I have love books and am fortunate to have been able to write and edit fifteen books over the past twenty years. My new book is a short biography of Pope Leo XIV, with the subtitle, Builder of Bridges. I am also writing a dual biography of Pope Leo X – the Golden Pope – and his cousin, Clement VII – the Most Unfortunate Pope. Leo was the son of Lorenzo the Magnificent and the patron of Michelangelo and Raphael. Clement, whose father had been assassinated during Easter Sunday Mass in the Cathedral of Florence, was taken captive by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. The Medici cousins are a fascinating source of scandal, intrigue, murder and duplicity.'
Since childhood I have love books and am fortunate to have been able to write and edit fifteen books over the past twenty years. My new book is a short biography of Pope Leo XIV, with the subtitle, Builder of Bridges. I am also writing a dual biography of Pope Leo X – the Golden Pope – and his cousin, Clement VII – the Most Unfortunate Pope. Leo was the son of Lorenzo the Magnificent and the patron of Michelangelo and Raphael. Clement, whose father had been assassinated during Easter Sunday Mass in the Cathedral of Florence, was taken captive by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. The Medici cousins are a fascinating source of scandal, intrigue, murder and duplicity.'
