Pope John Paul II: pocket GIANTS
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Pope John Paul II: pocket GIANTS

  1. 128 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Pope John Paul II: pocket GIANTS

About this book

The world was stunned when little-known Karol Wojty?a became the first non-Italian pope for 450 years. As Pope John Paul II, he continued to surprise, directly confronting Communist regimes, flying hundreds of thousands of miles to meet the faithful, and building bridges with other faiths. John Paul II became a bête noire in the eyes of liberals for his staunch refusal to accept contraception or the ordination of women. But for others he was a Churchillian figure who took on the forces of godlessness and moral relativism. He gained a stature that left secular statesmen in his shadow. Love him or loathe him, few could deny that he was a man of rare courage. He survived two assassination attempts, fought off cancer and waged a very public battle with Parkinson's disease. Seven years after his death he continues to exert a hold over the Church and to inspire an almost cult-like devotion.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. 1 A Revolutionary Pope
  5. 2 ‘Upon This Rock’: A Brief History of the Papacy
  6. 3 A Motherless Only Child
  7. 4 A Brother of the People
  8. 5 Called from a Faraway Land
  9. 6 The Portable Pope
  10. 7 Cold Warrior
  11. 8 Culture Wars
  12. 9 Millennial Pursuits
  13. 10 Legacy
  14. Notes
  15. Timeline
  16. Further Reading
  17. Web Links
  18. Copyright