John Paul Ii The Pope From Poland

Author : James Ramon Felak
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN 13 : 0822987341
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pope in Poland written by James Ramon Felak and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Paul II was the first non-Italian pope in over 500 years, and the first Slavic pontiff in history. Shortly after his election to the papacy in 1978, he launched a series of visits to his native Poland, then in the midst of dramatic social changes that heralded the end of Communism. In this groundbreaking book, James Ramon Felak carefully examines the Pope’s first four visits to his homeland in June of 1979, 1983, 1987, and 1991 in the late Communist and immediate post-Communist period. Careful analysis of speeches, press coverage, and documents from the Communist Party, government, and police show how the Pope and the Communist authorities engaged one another. Felak gives equal attention to John Paul’s political and religious messages, highlighting how he astutely maneuvered between the rising hopes of the Polish people and the dangerous fears of a dying regime. The Pope in Poland recreates and explicates these dramatic visits that played a major role in the collapse of Communism in Poland as well as laid out a papal vision for Poland’s post-Communist future.

Author : Tadeusz Karolak
Publisher : Interpress
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John Paul II, the Pope from Poland written by Tadeusz Karolak and published by Interpress. This book was released on 1979 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : M. Leonora Wilson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780819842091
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Karol from Poland written by M. Leonora Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Karol from Poland leads young readers to identify with the adventures and challenges that molded Pope John Paul into a missionary of God's unconditional love and mercy. This delightful illustrated biography presents John Paul II as a positive role model a

Author : Paul Kengor
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1684516358
Total Pages : 549 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Pope and a President written by Paul Kengor and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even as historians credit Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II with hastening the end of the Cold War, they have failed to recognize the depth or significance of the bond that developed between the two leaders. Acclaimed scholar and bestselling author Paul Kengor changes that. In this fascinating book, he reveals a singular bond—which included a spiritual connection between the Catholic pope and the Protestant president—that drove the two men to confront what they knew to be the great evil of the twentieth century: Soviet communism. Reagan and John Paul II almost didn't have the opportunity to forge this relationship: just six weeks apart in the spring of 1981, they took bullets from would-be assassins. But their strikingly similar near-death experiences brought them close together—to Moscow's dismay.Based on Kengor's tireless archival digging and his unique access to Reagan insiders, A Pope and a President is full of revelations. It takes you inside private meetings between Reagan and John Paul II and into the Oval Office, the Vatican, the CIA, the Kremlin, and many points beyond. Nancy Reagan called John Paul II her husband's "closest friend"; Reagan himself told Polish visitors that the pope was his "best friend." When you read this book, you will understand why. As kindred spirits, Ronald Reagan and John Paul II united in pursuit of a supreme objective—and in doing so they changed history.

Author : George Weigel
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0061758647
Total Pages : 1228 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Witness to Hope written by George Weigel and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 1228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Review The 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 today Witness 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.

Author : Mieczysław Maliński
Publisher : Image
ISBN 13 : 9780385182188
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pope John Paul II written by Mieczysław Maliński and published by Image. This book was released on 1982 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This informal biography by Pope John Paul's lifelong friend is best described as a warm and personal reminiscence. The author recalls the trials that Karol had to face from the time of his youth, the influence of the war years on his personality development, his studies and teaching--all the way to his election to the Papacy. Written with sensitivity and candor, it is the portrit of a man of extraordinary courage and faith, a man whose personal and national experience, however testing, nurtured his humanity. The author, a fellow priest and a fellow Pole, shares numerous anecdotes spanning some forty years' friendship with Wojtyla: experiences from thier days of youth as well as the more recent experiences in Wojtyla's leadership in a struggling Church.

Author : Jadwiga Radon
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1434937364
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John Paul II written by Jadwiga Radon and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-19 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let Jesus Christ be praised! This Polish greeting awakens a cascade of deep emotion as we remember Karol Wojtyla, better known as Pope John Paul II, relive this not only as a customary way of opening his homilies, but in his very existence as a man after God's own heart. John Paul II is a book that will bring readers to know this great man who dedicated His life for the service of Christ and for the people all over the world, the kind that no accounted ministry could-in so far-surpass. Jadwiga Radon, the author and as a first-hand witness, would bring readers to see how John Paul smile, lead, exhort, and love the Lord and His church. A material that is historically substantial and spiritually significant. About the Author Jadwiga Radon is a Polish American. She is a retired teacher interested particularly in history and politics. Born and raised in communist regime she is a witness of John Paul II earth life and many historical events in Eastern European countries.

Author : Jerzy Kluger
Publisher : Orbis Books
ISBN 13 : 160833130X
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pope and I written by Jerzy Kluger and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At first blush, a pope and a Holocaust survivor might not seem to have much in common. But this remarkable volume finds common ground in what may appear to be unlikely territory. Karol Lolek Wojtyla, a young Pole, and Jerzy Jurek Kluger, another young Pole, formed a friendship in grade school in the Polish town of Wadowice. Then their paths went separate waysKluger survived the horrors of the Holocaust while Wojtyla would become the future John Paul IIbut despite their differences and the years apart, they remained friends. (Kluger caught up with the then Archbishop Wojtyla in Rome during Vatican II.) Given the friendship, it is perhaps not terribly surprising that John Paul II earned a reputation as a friend of Judaism: the first pope since Saint Peter to visit and pray with Jews in the Great Synagogue of Rome, the first to visit Auschwitz, and the first to make a personal pilgrimage as well as an official state visit to Israel. This often touching memoir should be of interest to Catholics and Jews and, really, anyone interested in a remarkable friendship.

Author : Pope John Paul II
Publisher : USCCB Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781574551136
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pope John Paul II on the Genius of Women written by Pope John Paul II and published by USCCB Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compendium includes major statements from Pope John Paul II to and about women. A bibliography is included.

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Publisher : Lerner Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780761323204
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John Paul II written by and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the life of Karol Josef Wojtyla from his childhood and student years through his ordination as a priest and his life as Pope John Paul II, the first pope from Poland and the youngest Pope in nearly 150 years.