Lessons in Hope

From a preeminent authority on the Catholic Church and papal biographer, "an intimate understanding of John Paul II" ( Weekly Standard) 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. Later, he shows us the aging pope grappling w