George Weigel
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"An important book and a spectacular public service. It opens a window onto the Catholic faith and will open the minds of believers and skeptics alike." -Peggy Noonan
The Catholic Church may be the most controversial institution in the world. Some find its teachings inexplicable, puzzling, even cruel. In this incisive new work, George Weigel suggests that we look at Catholicism and its controversies from "inside" the convictions that make those controversies...
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George Weigel's New York Times bestselling biography of Pope John Paul II, Witness to Hope, set the standard by which all portraits of the modern papacy are now measured. With God's Choice, he gives us an extraordinary chronicle of the rise of Pope Benedict XVI as well as an unflinching view of the Catholic Church at the dawn of a new era.
When John Paul II lapsed into illness for the last time, people flocked from all over the world to pray...
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The Catholic Church is on the threshold of a bold new era in its two-thousand year history. As the curtain comes down on the Church defined by the 16th-century Counter-Reformation, the curtain is rising on the Evangelical Catholicism of the third millennium: a way of being Catholic that comes from over a century of Catholic reform, a mission-centered renewal honed by the Second Vatican Council and given compelling expression by Blessed John Paul II...
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The only guide with month-by-month advice about caring for your Mid-Atlantic garden. If you liked Mid-Altantic Getting Started Garden Guide, Mid-Atlantic Month-by-Month Gardening should be the next addition to your bookcase! This is the perfect book for beginning to intermediate gardeners and home landscapers living in the Mid-Atlantic (including the states of Virginia, West Virginia, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Washington, DC). Mid-Atlantic...
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« Au cours de ces trois dernières décennies, j'ai eu le privilège de m'entretenir longuement avec les papes Jean-Paul II, Benoît XVI et François. Ce que j'ai appris dans ces conversations est la source des réflexions présentées dans ce livre. Le prochain pape aura probablement été adolescent ou tout jeune homme à l'époque de Vatican II. Il se peut même qu'il n'ait alors été encore qu'un enfant. Quoi qu'il en soit, il n'aura vécu ni...
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A preeminent authority on the Catholic Church and papal biographer describes what he learned from chronicling the life of Pope John Paul II.
In Lessons in Hope, George Weigel tells the story of his unique friendship with St. John Paul II. As Weigel learns the pope "from inside," he also offers a firsthand account of the tumult of post-Vatican II Catholicism and the Cold War's endgame, introducing readers to the heroes who brought down European communism....
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In recent decades, Americans in Rome have revived an ancient Christian custom: the daily pilgrimage to dozens of Rome's most striking churches during Lent and Easter Week. Along this historical and spiritual pathway, pilgrims encounter hidden artistic wonders and treasured Christian commentaries while also confronting the great mysteries of the Christian faith through a program of biblical and early Christian readings. The itinerary of the Roman station...
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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...
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The when-to and how-to schedule for growing, caring for, and maintaining your Keystone State garden! Never garden alone! The Month-by-Month Gardening series is the perfect companion to take the guesswork out of gardening. With this book, you'll know what to do each month to have gardening success all year, from January to December. It's full of the when-to and how-to's of gardening along with richly illustrated step-by-step instructions, so you can...