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Witness to Hope

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by George Weigel


  ecumenism and

  Extraordinary Synod and, see Extraordinary Synod

  freedom debate in

  Holy Land visit during

  humanism and

  implementation of

  Jesuits and

  Jewish-Catholic relations and

  John Paul and legacy of

  laity debate in

  Lefebvre schism and, see Lefebvre, Marcel

  liberal-conservative dichotomy and

  liberation theology and

  liturgy debate in

  Maritain’s influence on

  modernity debate in

  moral theology and

  Netherlands and implementation of

  opening of

  politicking in

  priesthood and

  primary effect of

  process of

  proposed agenda for

  Ratzinger at

  religious freedom debate in

  restorationist criticism of

  secular upheaval in aftermath of

  Synod of Kraków as implementation of

  Theological Commission of

  twentieth-anniversary assessment of

  Wojtyła’s broadcasts and articles during

  see also Person and Act

  Vaughan, Norman

  Venezuela

  venial sin

  Ver, Fabian

  Veritatis Splendor (The Splendor of Truth) (John Paul II)

  media criticism of

  nature of freedom in

  theological criticism of

  see also moral theology

  Vetulani, Adam

  Vianney, Saint John Mary

  Vicariate of Solidarity

  Vidal, Ricardo

  Vienna, Battle of

  Vietnam

  Catechism censored by

  Vatican’s negotiations with

  Vikström, John

  Villa, Henrietta de see De Villa, Henrietta

  Villot, Jean

  Virgin Mary

  as first disciple

  as mother of Church

  primacy of discipleship and

  in Vatican II

  Vistula, Battle of the (1920)

  Vita Consecrata (The Consecrated Life) (John Paul II)

  Vladimir, Prince of Kievan Rus’

  Vlk, Miloslav

  Volk, Hermann

  Voltaire Club

  Wadowice, Poland

  as center of literary culture

  Jews of

  John Paul’s 1979 pilgrimage to

  John Paul’s 1991 pilgrimage to

  Wais, Kazimierz

  Waldera, Romuald

  Waldheim, Kurt

  Walentynowicz, Anna

  Wałęsa, Lech

  elected president of Poland

  1993 election and

  Nobel Peace Prize awarded to

  Wall Street Journal

  War of Independence, Israeli

  Warsaw, Poland:

  1979 papal pilgrimage to

  1983 papal pilgrimage to

  Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

  Warsaw Pact

  Waschbüsch, Rita

  Washington Post

  Wawel Cathedral (Kraków)

  Wawro

  Way, The (Escrivá de Balaguer)

  “We Are One Body” (song)

  We Are the Church

  Weiss, Avraham

  Weizsäcker, Carl-Friedrich von

  Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of

  “We Must Obey God Rather Than Men” (pastoral letter)

  We Remember: A Reflection on the Shoah (Vatican)

  Werkström, Bertil

  Whitehead, Alfred North

  Wiadrowska, Felicja

  Wiadrowska, Maria

  Wiberg, Berthild

  Wicher, Władysław

  Wieliczka salt mine

  Więz (Link)

  Willebrands, Johannes

  William of Ockham

  Winowska, Maria

  Wirth, Timothy

  Wisdom, Book of

  Wiśniowiecki, Michał Korybut

  Włodkowic, Paweł

  Wojtowicz, Marian

  Wojtyła, Anna Przeczek (grandmother)

  Wojtyła, Edmund (Mundek) (brother)

  Wojtyła, Emilia Kaczorowska (mother)

  Wojtyła, Karol (father)

  death of

  Wojtyła influenced by

  Wojtyła, Maciej (grandfather)

  Wojtyła, Maria Zalewska (stepgrandmother)

  Wojtyła, Stefania (aunt)

  women

  Cairo Conference and

  Catechism’s citation of

  Christ’s relationship with

  dignity of

  “feminine genius” concept and

  feminism of John Paul II and

  importance of Virgin Mary to

  mission of

  ordination of

  self-giving and Christ’s relationship to

  Stein’s Christian feminism and

  see also Beijing Women’s Conference

  Women in the Church Committee

  Women’s Ordination Conference

  “Women: Teachers of Peace” (John Paul II)

  Woniakowski, Henryk

  Woodward, Kenneth

  work

  Work of God, The, see Opus Dei

  Workers’ Defense Committee

  World Bank

  World Baptist Fellowship

  World Conference on Population and Development:

  in Cairo (1994), see Cairo World Conference on Population and Development

  in Mexico City (1984)

  World Council of Churches (WCC)

  World Day of Peace

  World Day of Prayer for Peace

  World Day of the Sick

  World Environmental Summit of 1992

  World Food Summit of 1996

  World Jewish Congress

  World Trade Center bombing

  World War I

  World War II

  John Paul’s view on meaning of

  Poland in

  see also Poland, Nazi Occupation of

  World Youth Day

  of 1991

  of 1995

  of 1998

  Santiago de Compostela address and

  World Youth Day of 1993

  closing Mass of

  modernity and

  roll call tradition in

  stations of the cross ritual and

  Woźniakowski, Jacek

  Wu Cheng-chung, John Baptist

  Wyka, Kazimierz

  Wyspiański, Stanisław

  Wyspiański’s Hour (Wyspiański)

  Wyszyński, Stefan

  death of

  Wyszyński, Stefan: (cont.)

  Glemp as successor to

  John Paul’s 1979 Polish pilgrimage and

  Mindszenty compared with

  Solidarity unrest and

  as strategist

  Wojtyła compared with

  Wojtyła’s appointment as archbishop and

  Ximenes Belo, Carlos Filipe

  Yalta Conference (1945)

  Wojtyła’s view on

  Yeltsin, Boris

  Young Catholic Workers movement

  Young Christian Workers movement

  Yousef, Ramzi Ahmed

  Yugoslavia

  breakup of

  Zacher, Edward

  Zachuta, Jerzy

  Zaire

  Zak, Franciszek

  Zambia

  Zamoyski, Jan

  Zanussi, Krysztof

  Zdybicka, Zofia

  Zebrzydowski, Mikołaj

  Zedillo, Ernesto

  Zeno, Brother

  Zentralkomitee der Deutschen Katholiken

  Zen Ze-kiun, Joseph

  Zia Ul-Haq, Mohammad

  Zięba, Maciej

  Zionism

  Zissis, Theodore

  Znak (Sign)

  “Żegota,”

  Żeromski, Stefan

>   Żukrowski, Wojciech

  Zur, Giorgio

  Zuroff, Efraim

  Życiński, Józef

  Życzkowska, Teresa Heydel

  About the Author

  GEORGE WEIGEL is the author of numerous books, including The Courage to Be Catholic: Crisis, Reform, and the Future of the Church and The Truth of Catholicism: Ten Controversies Explored. A Roman Catholic theologian and senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, he is one of the world’s preeminent commentators on the Catholic Church.

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  PRAISE FOR

  Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II

  “For those of us with limited training in philosophy and theology, getting one’s arms around some of these big ideas is hard work. But it is hard work that pays off handsomely for anybody who is serious about understanding one of [the twentieth] century’s most important characters.”

  —Chicago Tribune

  “A meticulous chronicle. It is Weigel’s gift to be able to interleaf the spiritual and secular aspect of Wojtyła’s education so seamlessly that his life in the Church takes on political overtones practically from the beginning…. One of the most interesting histories of our times.”

  —Boston Globe

  “Weigel’s book is not only a major piece of scholarship but a cracking good story. Rarely has there been so perfect a marriage of man to job as Karol Wojtyła to the papacy. He was appointed at just the right time, and he has met his obligations superbly. The same may be said for his biographer.”

  —National Review

  “A rich, in-depth look…. Weigel explores the man, the individuals and ideasthat affected him, the historical context in which he lived, and the effect this pope has had on his Church and the world.”

  —Newsday

  “Magnificent. A tremendous achievement.”

  —Washington Post

  “By far, the best biography of John Paul II to appear to date…. An indispensable reference source for future historians.”

  —Washington Times

  “It is no mean feat to undertake the momentous task of chronicling the life and witness of a man whose presence has helped to change the course of history. Witness to Hope is a meticulously researched book that is certain to become a benchmark for future inquiries into the life and times of Pope John Paul II.”

  —Los Angeles Times

  “Weigel successfully focuses on John Paul’s trademark ideas: Christian humanism, the inner connection between freedom and truth, and culture as the driving force of history. As a guide to the Pope’s thought, Witness to Hope is invaluable.”

  —Publishers Weekly

  “A magisterial and well-written biography. Weigel provides a wealth of detailed, new, and often colorful information largely derived from firsthand accounts.”

  —The National Interest

  “Not just a successful portrait of the inner man, but one that finally places center stage John Paul’s most significant legacy: the articulation of a Christian humanism at the twilight of one century and the beginning of another.”

  —Providence Journal-Bulletin

  “Crammed with facts and events and evidence, it is a singular example of the virtues of old-fashioned, documented, sturdily chronological biography.”

  —The Wilson Quarterly

  “Witness to Hope artfully combines biography and theology. It is impressively exhaustive and astonishingly accessible. It’s a long read, but it’s also the best book of the year.”

  —The American Spectator

  “Massive in scope and length, and written with the Pope’s cooperation, Weigel’s biography is sure to be the definitive work on Pope John Paul II for years to come.”

  —Kirkus Reviews

  “Anchored in a careful examination of the Pope’s documents, Weigel helps us understand the spiritual and philosophical convictions that drive John Paul forward. This is the great contribution of Witness to Hope.”

  —National Catholic Reporter

  “A major contribution, invaluable for putting John Paul II’s achievements into proper perspective. Weigel has written a memorable biography of an extraordinary leader.”

  —First Things

  “Like the man it reflects, the book is complex, and it’s engaging. Weigel composes a multilayered story of Karol Wojtyła’s life that is accessible to all.”

  —Chicago Daily Herald

  “A remarkable book. Weigel’s biography is likely to remain the standard one-volume reference on John Paul II for many years to come.”

  —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

  “Weigel’s biography is outstanding—positive but not uncritical. [It] will be the definitive work on the Pope.”

  —Buffalo News

  ALSO BY GEORGE WEIGEL

  Tranquillitas Ordinis: The Present Failure and Future Promise of American Catholic Thought on War and Peace

  Catholicism and the Renewal of American Democracy

  American Interests, American Purpose: Moral Reasoning and U.S. Foreign Policy

  Freedom and Its Discontents: Catholicism Confronts Modernity

  Just War and the Gulf War [with James Turner Johnson]

  The Final Revolution: The Resistance Church and the Collapse of Communism

  Idealism Without Illusions: U.S. Foreign Policy in the 1990s

  Soul of the World: Notes on the Future of Public Catholicism

  Credits

  Cover design by Thomas Tafuri

  Cover photograph © L’Osservatore Romano

  Copyright

  A hardcover edition of this book was originally published in 1999 by HarperCollins Publishers.

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  Includes bibliographical references and index.

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