Witness to Hope, George Weigel
Witness to Hope, George Weigel
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Witness to Hope
The Biography of Pope John Paul II

Author: George Weigel

Narrator: Sam Tsoutsouvas

Unabridged: 9 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 03/03/2020


Synopsis

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER""A remarkable book. Weigel's biography is likely to remain the standard one-volume reference on John Paul II for many years to come."" — Pittsburg Post-Gazette?“Fascinating. . . sheds light on the history of the twentieth century for everyone.” —New York Times Book ReviewThe definitive biography of Pope John Paul II that explores how influential he was on the world stage and in some of the most historic events of the twentieth century that can still be felt todayWitness to Hope is the authoritative biography of one of the singular figures—some might argue the singular figure—of our time. With unprecedented cooperation from John Paul II and the people who knew and worked with him throughout his life, George Weigel offers a groundbreaking portrait of the Pope as a man, a thinker, and a leader whose religious convictions defined a new approach to world politics—and changed the course of history. As even his critics concede, John Paul II occupied a unique place on the world stage and put down intellectual markers that no one could ignore or avoid as humanity entered a new millennium fraught with possibility and danger.The Pope was a man of prodigious energy who played a crucial, yet insufficiently explored, role in some of the most momentous events of our time, including the collapse of European communism, the quest for peace in the Middle East, and the democratic transformation of Latin America. With an updated preface, this edition of Witness to Hope explains how this “man from a far country” did all of that, and much more—and what both his accomplishments and the unfinished business of his pontificate mean for the future of the Church and the world.

About George Weigel

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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael Gerald on March 24, 2021

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

Goodreads review by Par on January 17, 2013

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

Goodreads review by Claire on May 10, 2023

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

Goodreads review by Meg on January 02, 2023

(I listened to the 10 hour abridged audiobook but I expect the full version is similarly good)......more