Witness to Hope (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: George Weigel
- First Published: 1999
- Type of Work: Biography, religion, and history
- Time of Work: 1920-1999
- Setting: Poland and Italy
- Principal Characters: Karol Wojtyła, Pope John Paul I, Pope Paul VI, Pope John XXIII, Pope Pius XII
- Genres: Nonfiction, History, Biography
- Subjects: Communism or communists, Twentieth century, Anti-Semitism, Assassination, Nazism or Nazis, Italy or Italians, Popes or papacy, Poland or Polish people, Labor unions, Priests
- Locales: Italy, Poland
George Weigel studied at St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore and at St. Michael’s College in Toronto. He has published extensively on Catholicism and the collapse of communism in eastern Europe. He is a prominent Catholic theologian, and he presently serves as a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.
Weigel’s admiration for the actions and moral teachings of Pope John Paul II, both before and after his election as pope in October, 1978, is obvious to readers, and he presents his analysis of Pope John Paul II’s life and religious career...
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