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Pope John Paul II
  • Format
  • HARDCOVER
  • Authored by: Edward J. Renehan, Jr.; Introduction by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr
  • From the Series: Modern World Leaders
  • Trim Size: 6-1/2 x 9-1/4
  • ISBN-10: 0791092275
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-7910-9227-9
  • Status: In Stock
  • List Price: $35.00
  • Imprint: Chelsea House
  • Published: 11/01/2006
  • Dewey Number: 282
  • Reading Level: Grades 6-12
  • Pages: 112

Summary

Pope John Paul II led the Catholic Church during a time of great upheaval. During his pontificate (1978-2005), the Soviet Union and the Berlin Wall collapsed, and great strides were made for freedom worldwide. The first non-Italian pope in more than four centuries, the Polish John Paul was also the very first Slavic pope ever. As a young man, he experienced Nazi persecution and had to train for the priesthood in a seminary conducted "underground"—because Catholic religious training for vocations had been outlawed. At the same time, he remained active in the Polish anti-Nazi insurgency and helped Jews escape the Holocaust. Later, as pontiff, he forged new relationships between the Roman Catholic Church and Jewish denominations worldwide and played a pivotal role in the downfall of the Soviet Union. This engaging and visually appealing biography follows the arch of the pontiff's life in the context of world politics.

Specifications

Full-color and black-and-white photographs. Chronology. Bibliography. Further reading. Index.

About the Author(s)

Biographer Edward J. Renehan Jr. is the author of Dark Genius of Wall Street: The Misunderstood Life of Jay Gould, King of the Robber Barons, The Kennedys at War, The Lion's Pride, The Secret Six, and John Burroughs: An American Naturalist. He lives with his wife and two children in Rhode Island.

Introduction by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Albert Schweitzer Professor of Humanities, City University of New York; winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History and for Biography.

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