My Years with John Paul II
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My Years with John Paul II

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My Years with John Paul II

About this book

An intimate, day-by-day portrait of Pope St. John Paul II by his spokesman who spent 22 years at his side. It reveals how the pope viewed all the significant events in the life of the Church and in European and world events of the last two decades of the twentieth century.

Joaquí n Navarro-Valls (1936– 2017) spent 22 years at the side of Pope John Paul II from 1984 until the pontiff ' s death in 2005. As the first head of the Vatican Press Office and one of the top laymen in the Church, he was chosen by the pope after years as the elected head of the Vatican press corp and following a career change from psychiatry to journalism.

During his time at the Pope' s side, he had regular access to the Pope. He accompanied him not only on his official papal trips all over the world, but also on the pope' s frequent weekend and summer vacations to the Italian mountains. He participated in the preparation work for historic events such as the Vatican' s opening to both the Soviet Union under Mikhail Gorbachev, as well as meeting with Fidel Castro to pave the way for the Pope' s visit to Cuba.

Written in the form of a personal diary and published at the author' s request over six years after his death, these pages offer not only a glimpse of the behind-the-scenes work of the Holy See. They also display the Pope' s deep concern for helping to resolve the great problems of modern life.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Brief Biographical Profile: Physician and Journalist
  6. Presentation: A Short History of Some Notes
  7. 1. An Unexpected Twist
  8. 2. A Pope Must Make Decisions
  9. 3. Stronger than Hate
  10. 4. A Visit to the Kremlin
  11. 5. Witness of a Schism
  12. 6. On Vacation with the Pope
  13. 7. “Do You See How the Pope Is Not So Bad?”
  14. 8. Rome and Dissidence
  15. 9. The Warmth of the Nordic Countries
  16. 10. Back in the Mountains
  17. 11. A Hard Summer
  18. 12. Servi inutiles sumus “We Are Slaves Together”
  19. 13. Gorbachev at the Vatican
  20. 14. “What Can We Offer the Pope”
  21. 15. “I Don’t Know What a Miracle Is . . .”
  22. 16. The Pope’s “Big Dream”
  23. 17. On Mont Blanc
  24. 18. “The Certainties of Jesus Christ”
  25. 19. A Rough Meeting
  26. 20. Conversation about Fatima
  27. 21. Vacanze di lavoro “Vacation From Work”
  28. 22. Knowing the Obstacles
  29. 23. “It’s the Church, Not the Pope”
  30. 24. “I’m Going to Be Admitted to the Hospital”
  31. 25. Replenishing Forces
  32. 26. Taking the Initiative
  33. 27. Assisi, Again
  34. 28. “Somewhat Impaired, but Not Completely”
  35. 29. The Family on the Horizon
  36. 30. Parkinson’s
  37. 31. “Man of the Year”
  38. 32. My Father and the Pope
  39. 33. A Problematic Conference
  40. 34. Nebulous Communication
  41. 35. A Resigning Pope?
  42. 36. Tremors in Sarajevo
  43. 37. The Air of Paris
  44. 38. Cuba
  45. 39. Tragedy in the Night
  46. 40. Letters that Touch the Heart
  47. 41. Grace for a Condemned Man
  48. 42. Toward the Great Jubilee
  49. 43. The Holy Land
  50. 44. A Light in the Window
  51. 45. Abuses
  52. 46. Just War?
  53. 47. “No puede más” (“I Can Give No More”)
  54. 48. Back at the Gemelli
  55. 49. Emotion and Serenity
  56. 50. I Have Been Privileged
  57. Epilogue: “In His Own Way”
  58. Index