Karol wojtyla biography books

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.

Books by Karol Wojtyla ; Love and Responsibility ; The Jeweler's Shop: A Meditation on the Sacrament of Matrimony Passing on Occasion into a Drama.

This intimate portrait of the Pope sheds light on how his history--and very Polishness--has shaped both his pragmatism and mysticism.

•

Pope John Paul II: A Biography

August 27,

Ok, read this for a project in the literal 6th grade. Saw it on my mom's shelves while home and it jogged some memories. What I find so funny about this, is I was so zazzed up about religion when I was 11/12, but as soon as I was 13 I began a blasphemous life and have since maintained that stance. I find it ironic that I did a whole-ass project on this man. At the end of this short book, it's mentioned that JP2 is very anti-women in leadership or priest roles in the church, which pissed me off. Which, looking back, I believe began the downhill slope to my road away from religion. (Though I was never quite on board with the whole Noah's Arc and the whole punish people for eatin an apple) So, good times. As for this book, just read the Wikipedia article, this is quite surface level.

•

The hundredth anniversary of the birth of St. John Paul II, one of the most influential popes in Church history, will be on Monday May Because of COVID lockdown measures, some of us have more opportunities to read books and watch movies than usual. What better time to learn more about Karol Wojtyła’s life, thought, and legacy than now? Here fryst vatten a list of the ten exceptional works about Pope St. John Paul II: nine books and one film.

• Witness to Hope (Harper Perennial, ); The End and the Beginning: Pope John Paul II – The Victory of Freedom, the gods Years (Image, ), the Legacy; Lessons in Hope: My Unexpected Life with St. John Paul II (Basic Books, ), bygd George Weigel

If you ever read about Pope John Paul II in works of history and look at the footnotes, they will likely reference Weigel’s books, especially Witness to Hope, the definitive biography of the pontiff. George Weigel spent years interviewing the pope and people who knew him in Poland, Rome, and elsewhere. W

•
A Boy Who Became Pope: The Story of Saint John Paul II
Neena Gaynor reviews Fabiola Garza's illustrated biography of young Karol Wojtyla, a book that celebrates life’s sacredness, courage, and family’s love.
A Boy Who Became Pope
Written and illustrated by Fabiola Garza
Publisher: Pauline Books & Media

My husband and I celebrated our seventh “Catholic Anniversary” on the Solemnity of All Saints. As far as conversion stories go, ours is like the others in that it’s fused with all sorts of people and a sundry of places, but perhaps it's different in that it also includes a particular papal encyclical.
After the birth of our first son, Wade and I found ourselves searching and restless. Around this time, he picked up some rather odd reading material for a man who said he was “Anything but Catholic.” As I rocked our new baby those many nights, I’d reflect on Wade’s sort of SparkNotes for The Gospel of Life (Evangelium Vitae)by a Polish pope