

Witness to Hope
Author: George Weigel
Narrator: Sam Tsoutsouvas
Abridged: 9 hr 16 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 07/31/2005
Author: George Weigel
Narrator: Sam Tsoutsouvas
Abridged: 9 hr 16 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 07/31/2005
George Weigel is one of the world's foremost authorities on the Catholic Church and the author of the New York Times bestseller Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II. He is a Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C., and a consultant on Vatican affairs for NBC News.
Pope John Paul II's greatest legacy may be his reminding the world of what true humanism means. The world knows what false humanism can do, when the unbridled desire for what one wants is let loose. It did not lead to a utopia; it resulted in Auschwitz and the gulags. And he also taught that false h......more
This 900 page book is quite a read! I spent 6 months reading it a couple of years ago, and it was worth every minute I put into it! It combines European history since the end of WWI, church history, and the life of JPII. There are brief reviews of his many encyclicals, his writings from Vatican II,......more
I LOVED reading this book. It was definitely a long one and read kind of like a text book at times, but it paints such a beautiful picture of JP2 that truly made me feel as if he were a good friend. Learning about the history and culture that shaped him helped me understand the way he thought and ho......more
(I listened to the 10 hour abridged audiobook but I expect the full version is similarly good)......more
This was fascinating both for the historical context (a lot of which I never knew or had forgotten) and for the inspirational content woven throughout. It was uplifting in a way I didn't expect. I was interested to see how many of John Paul II's controversial writing or actions are actually mirrored......more