The Day the Pope Became a Christian - A Novel

I read this a year or two back, and recently it's come back to mind. I think perhaps it might give imaginative resources for prayer in the next month? It's short, it's idealistic, but it's thought-provoking.
The Day the Pope Became a Christian - A Novel eBook: Henry Askew: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store:

To prepare himself for making revolutionary changes in the Catholic Church, a recently elected Italian pope decides to go on a retreat like Jesus did when he went alone into the desert. But instead of going into the desert, he slips away from the Vatican and travels alone to the South of France to meet his friend, the Dalai Lama. His two weeks there disguised as an ordinary tourist turn out to be a liberating experience for him. And when he returns to the Vatican, his previous insecurities are gone and he's ready to start issuing the decrees that would turn the church into what it should have been from the beginning.

Part of me really wishes that a Pope might do something John-23rd-ish. I certainly hope for a fresh aggiornamento and a retrysting with the Spirit of Vatican II. But the odds seem against it with the appointment of the electoral college that is the cardinals. But the Spirit broke through once before, I don't believe God has given up on the RCC yet. Let's pray, let's hope.