Description
A preeminent authority at the Catholic Church and papal biographer describes what he learned from chronicling the lifetime of Pope John Paul II
In Lessons in Hope, George Weigel tells the tale of his distinctive friendship with St. John Paul II. As Weigel learns the pope “from within,” he also offers a firsthand account of the tumult of post-Vatican II Catholicism and the Cold War’s endgame, introducing readers to the heroes who brought down European communism. Later, he shows us the aging pope grappling with the post-9/11 world order and teaching new lessons in dignity through his own suffering.