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His Holiness is at once compelling journalism, drama, history, and biography. John Paul II, elected as the first non-Italian pope in five hundred years, readily used his global pulpit to speak out on behalf of human rights and those who were ignored by other world leaders - whether politically or economically oppressed, whether in the Communist or non-Communist world. Born in a small Polish town where 20 percent of the population was Jewish, and later bishop of the diocese that contained Auschwitz, John Paul II was painfully aware of the horrors of anti-Semitism, and as pope he forced the…
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5 editions · 3 languages- Other · English · 1997Thorndike Press · 853 pages · 9780786210503
- Other · English · 1997Penguin Books · 582 pages · 9780140266917
- Other · English · 1996Doubleday · 582 pages · 9780385472371
- Other · Spanish · 1997Su SantidadGrupo Editorial Norma · 616 pages · 9789580435372
- Other · Polish · 1997Jego Świạtobliwość Jan Paweł II i nieznana historia naszych czasówAmber · 441 pages · 9788371692963
Catholic Church and world politicsPopesWorld politicsCatholic ChurchBiographyHistoryPolitieke invloedChurch and state