Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II [Paperback] [Apr 01, 2004...

from temsmail

This book sounds almost evangelical in its presentation of the Gospel. If one did not know how devout a Maryologist JPII was, you would not see it in this book. JPII set out to be a unifier of Christians, and so wrote in a popular vein that is highly attractive to non-Roman Catholics. Some of the...

from judithrs

Witness to Hope; the Biography of John Paul II. George Weigel. 1999. I have never finished a book and wanted to start re-reading it, but this is what happened when I finished this book! I started reading it last spring when I watched a biographical movie on John Paul on EWTN. The fact that I read...

from Scarchin

An incredible story about one of the most important people of the last century. 3 stars because I felt that it got a little repetitive near the end and came a little close to hagiographic.Also - I found the audiobook version quite engaging and easy to follow. I think that reading it would have be...

from temsmail

This book sounds almost evangelical in its presentation of the Gospel. If one did not know how devout a Maryologist JPII was, you would not see it in this book. JPII set out to be a unifier of Christians, and so wrote in a popular vein that is highly attractive to non-Roman Catholics. Some of the...

from judithrs

Witness to Hope; the Biography of John Paul II. George Weigel. 1999. I have never finished a book and wanted to start re-reading it, but this is what happened when I finished this book! I started reading it last spring when I watched a biographical movie on John Paul on EWTN. The fact that I read...