Lessons in Hope: My Unexpected Life With St. John Paul II
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| Rating | : | 4.87 (944 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1478991623 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 250 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-22 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In Lessons in Hope, George Weigel tells the story of his unique friendship with St. John Paul II. As Weigel learns the Pope "from inside," he also offers a first-hand account of the tumult of post-Vatican II Catholicism and the end-game of the Cold War, meeting the heroes who brought down European communism. A deeply humane portrait of an eminent scholar learning a saint, Lessons in Hope is essential reading for anyone seeking a fuller understanding of a world-changing pope.. A preeminent authority on the Catholic Church and papal biographer describes what he learned from chronicling the life of a Pole who became a saint. Later, he shows us the aging Pope grappling with the post-9/11 new wor
But above all, it tells a compelling story of divine providence, the manner in which God wove two lives together-George Weigel's and John Paul II's-for their mutual benefit. Briskly written, intelligent, funny, filled with good stories, Lessons in Hope will be a joy to anyone who reads it."--Bishop Robert Barron. "This book recalls a particularly splendid moment in the recent history of Catholicism, a time when a saintly Pope exerted a decisive influence on both the Church and the wider society