Call number
922.22 JPII
Status
Available
Call number
Pages
184
Description
Presents a biography of Karol Wojtyla, including his boyhood in Poland, his steps to the papacy, and his twenty-five years as Pope John Paul II.
Publication
Random House, Inc. (1997), Edition: First Edition, 184 pages
ISBN
0517200813 / 9780517200810
User reviews
LibraryThing member DeaconBernie
This is a very useful brief biography from one of the towering figures of the Catholic Papacy. JPII lived in turbulent times in a turbulent country, and guided the Faithful of Poland both from the Archbishop's chair and from the Vatican as the Bishop of Rome. A book this small has to skip over a
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truly prodigious life but it is still moving and does more than simply hint at his epoch. Show Less