Pope John Paul II (1920–2005)
Author of Crossing the Threshold of Hope
About the Author
Pope John Paul II was born Karol Wojtyla on May 18, 1920 in Wadowice, Poland. He studied poetry and drama at Jagiellonian University. During World War II, he worked in a stone quarry and chemical factory while preparing for the priesthood. He received a Ph.D. from Rome's Angelicum Institute and a show more doctorate in theology at the Catholic University of Lublin. He was ordained in 1946 and became Auxiliary Bishop of Krakow in 1958. He was a university chaplain and taught ethics at Krakow and Lublin. In 1964, he became Archbishop of Krakow and in 1967, a Cardinal. On October 16, 1978, he was elected as the first non-Italian Pope since 1523. On May 13, 1981, Pope John Paul II was shot in an assassination attempt entering St. Peter's Square in the Vatican, but recovered fully. During the 1980's and 90's, the Pope visited Africa, Asia, the Americas and in 1993, to the Baltic republics, which was the first Papal visit to countries of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). He greatly influenced the restoring of democracy and religious freedom in Eastern Europe and reaffirmed the Roman Catholic teachings against homosexuality, abortion, "artificial" methods of reproduction, birth control and priest celibacy. He rejected the ordination of women and opposed direct political participation and office holding of priests. His extensive ethical and theological writings included Fruitful and Responsible Love, Sign of Contradiction, Redemptor Hominis (Redeemer of Man), Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life), and Ut Unum Sint (That They May Be One). After developing septic shock, he died on April 2, 2005. He was proclaimed venerable by Pope Benedict XVI on December 19, 2009 and was beatified on May 1, 2011. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Pope John Paul II
Fides et Ratio: On the Relationship between Faith and Reason (1998) — Author — 850 copies, 9 reviews
Memory and Identity: Conversations at the Dawn of a Millennium (2005) — Author — 616 copies, 7 reviews
Familiaris Consortio: On the Role of the Christian Family in the Modern World (1981) — Author — 606 copies, 5 reviews
Ecclesia de Eucharistia: On the Eucharist in Its Relationship to the Church (2000) — Author — 455 copies, 5 reviews
Christifideles Laici: On the Vocation and Mission of the Lay Faithful in the Church and in the World (1988) — Author — 432 copies, 11 reviews
Centesimus Annus: On the Hundredth Anniversary of Rerum Novarum (1991) — Author — 379 copies, 12 reviews
Salvifici Doloris: On The Christian Meaning Of Human Suffering (1984) — Author — 342 copies, 8 reviews
Tertio Millennio Adveniente: On Preparation for the Jubilee of the Year 2000 (1994) — Author — 326 copies, 11 reviews
Redemptoris Missio: On the Permanent Validity of the Church's Missionary Mandate (1990) — Author — 285 copies, 4 reviews
Dominum et Vivificantem: On the Holy Spirit in the Life of the Church and the World (1986) — Author — 273 copies, 8 reviews
Pastores Dabo Vobis: On the Formation of Priests in the Circumstances of the Present Day (1992) — Author — 264 copies, 8 reviews
Sollicitudo Rei Socialis: For the Twentieth Anniversary of Populorum Progressio (1987) — Author — 262 copies, 1 review
Vita Consecrata: On the Consecrated Life and its Mission in the Church and in the World (1996) — Author — 246 copies, 2 reviews
Reconciliatio et Paenitentia: On Reconciliation and Penance in the Mission of the Church Today (1984) — Author — 237 copies, 12 reviews
The Wisdom of John Paul II: The Pope on Life's Most Vital Questions (1995) — Author — 224 copies, 1 review
For the Children: Life Lessons From Pope John Paul Ii: Life Lessons From Pope John Paul Ii (1996) — Author — 207 copies
Novo Millennio Ineunte: At the Close of the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000 (2001) — Author — 199 copies, 5 reviews
A Reader's Companion to Crossing the Threshold of Hope: The Study Guide (1996) — Author — 152 copies, 1 review
Be Not Afraid: Pope John Paul II Speaks Out on His Life, His Beliefs, and His Inspiring Vision for Humanity (1982) — Author — 150 copies, 4 reviews
Words of Inspiration (Private Prayers of Pope John Paul II) (v. 1) (1994) — Author — 144 copies, 1 review
Redemptoris Custos: On the Person and Mission of Saint Joseph in the Life of Christ and of the Church (1989) — Author — 142 copies, 4 reviews
Letters to My Brother Priests: Complete Collection of Holy Thursday Letters (1979-2005) (2000) — Author — 132 copies
Celebrate 2000: A Three Year Reader : Reflections on Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and the Father (1996) — Author — 124 copies
The Spirit, Giver of Life and Love (A Catechesis on the Creed) (1996) — Author — 121 copies, 1 review
My Dear Young Friends: Pope John Paul II Speaks to Teens on Life, Love, and Courage (2014) — Author — 109 copies
Theotokos: Woman, Mother, Disciple- A Catechesis on Mary, Mother of God, Vol. 5 (1998) — Author — 101 copies, 1 review
Psalms and Canticles: Meditations and Catechesis on the Psalms and Canticles of Morning Prayer (2004) — Author — 98 copies, 2 reviews
Incarnationis Mysterium: Bull of Indiction of the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000 (1998) — Author — 86 copies, 2 reviews
Redemptionis Donum: To Men and Women Religious on Their Consecration in the Light of the Mystery of the Redemption (1984) — Author — 82 copies, 2 reviews
Ordinatio Sacerdotalis: On Reserving Priestly Ordination to Men Alone (1994) — Author — 80 copies, 1 review
The Church: Mystery, Sacrament, Community, Vol. 4 (John Paul, Catechesis on the Creed.) (1996) — Author — 76 copies
Dilecti Amici: To the Youth of the World on the Occasion of the International Youth Year (1985) — Author — 73 copies, 2 reviews
Original Unity of Man and Woman: Catechesis on the Book of Genesis (1981) — Author — 65 copies, 1 review
John Paul II in America: Talks Given on the Papal Tour, September 1987 (1987) — Author — 64 copies, 1 review
Orientale Lumen: To Mark the Centenary of Orientalium Dignitas of Pope Leo XIII (1995) — Author — 63 copies, 1 review
Reflections on Humanae vitae: Conjugal morality and spirituality (1984) — Author — 61 copies, 2 reviews
A Year with John Paul II: Daily Meditations from His Writings and Prayers (2005) — Author — 60 copies
Pilgrimage of peace : the collected speeches of John Paul II in Ireland and the United States (1980) — Author — 55 copies
The Pope Speaks to the American Church: John Paul's Homilies, Speeches, and Letters to Catholics in America (1992) — Author — 50 copies
Pope John Paul II on The Genius of Women (United States Catholic Conference Publication) (1997) — Author — 48 copies
The Trinity's Embrace: Our Salvation History (Catechesis on Salvation History) (2000) — Author — 43 copies
Through the year with Pope John Paul II: Readings for every day of the year (1981) — Author — 42 copies
Celebrate 2000: Reflections on God the Father With Questions for Reflection and Discussion (Celebrate 2000! Series) (1998) — Author — 41 copies
Mysteries of Light: Meditations on the Mysteries of the Rosary With John Paul II (2003) — Author — 40 copies
Ad Tuendam Fidem: By Which Certain Norms are Inserted into the Code of Canon Law and into the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches (1998) — Author — 39 copies, 1 review
Teachings for an Unbelieving World: Newly Discovered Reflections on Paul’s Sermon at the Areopagus (2018) — Author — 39 copies
John Paul II: On Jews and Judaism (Publication / United States Catholic Conference, Office of Publishing and Promotion Services) (1987) — Author — 39 copies
Vicesimus Quintus Annus: On the 25th Anniversary of the Promulgation of the Conciliar Constitution "Sacrosanctum Concilium" on the Sacred Liturgy (1988) — Author — 36 copies
Ecclesia in Europa: On Jesus Christ Alive in His Church the Source of Hope for Europe (2003) — Author — 34 copies, 2 reviews
Letter of His Holiness John Paul II to the Bishops of the United States April 3, 1983 and Essential Elements in the Church's Teaching on Religious Life as Applied to… (1983) — Author — 33 copies
Words of certitude : excerpts from his talks and writings as Bishop and Pope (1980) — Author — 33 copies, 1 review
Testimony of the Cross: Meditations and Prayers of His Holiness Pope John Paul II for the Stations of the Cross at the Colosseium Good Friday 2000 (2002) — Author — 32 copies
Celebrate 2000!: Reflections on the Holy Spirit (Celebrate 2000! Series) (1997) — Author — 31 copies
Letter of Pope John Paul II to All Priests: Holy Thursday 1979 (1979) — Author — 30 copies, 2 reviews
You are the Future, You are My Hope: To the Young People of the World (1979) — Author — 29 copies, 1 review
The Rosary: Contemplating the Face of Christ With Scripture and Icons (2003) — Introduction — 27 copies
Person and Community: Selected Essays (Catholic Thought from Lublin) (1994) — Author — 26 copies, 1 review
Eucharistic Documents for the New Millennium / Documentos Eucaristicos Para el Nuevo Milenio (Spanish and English Edition) (2004) — Author — 26 copies
Pastores Gregis: On the Bishop, Servant of the Gospel of Jesus Christ for the Hope of the World (2003) — Author — 25 copies, 1 review
Augustinum Hipponensem: On the Occasion of the 16th Centenary of the Conversion of St. Augustine, Bishop and Doctor (1986) — Author — 24 copies
The Church in Africa: Ecclesia in Africa : and its evangelizing mission toward the year 2000 (Publication / United States Catholic Conference) (1995) — Author — 24 copies
Misericordia Dei: On Certain Aspects of the Celebration of the Sacrament of Penance (2002) — Author — 23 copies
Spiritual Advice of John Paul II: 365 Days of Inspiration (Prayer and Inspiration) (2003) — Author — 23 copies
Make Room for the Mystery of God: Visit of John Paul II to the USA 1995 (1995) — Author — 22 copies, 1 review
Unity in the Work of Service: On the Occasion of His Second Pastoral Visit to the United States (1987) — Author — 22 copies
John Paul II, pilgrimage of faith: The first year of the new Pope and the story of his visit to the United States (1979) — Author — 20 copies, 1 review
Visible signs of the gospel: Messages of John Paul II on consecrated life (1980) — Author — 20 copies
Evangelization in the Culture & Society of the United States & the Bishop As Teacher of the Faith (1989) — Author — 19 copies
Holy Father, Sacred Heart: The Wisdom of John Paul II on the Greatest Catholic Devotion (2004) — Author — 18 copies
Ad limina addresses: The addresses of His Holiness Pope John Paul II to the bishops of the United States during their ad limina visits, March ... Services, United States Catholic… (1989) — Author — 17 copies
Aperite Portas Redemptori: Bull of Indiction of the Jubilee for the 1950th Anniversary of the Redemption (1983) — Author — 15 copies
Person and Act and Related Essays (The English Critical Edition of the Works of Karol Wojtyla/John Paul II) (2021) — Author — 14 copies
The whole truth about man : John Paul II to university faculties and students (1981) — Author — 13 copies
On the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Outbreak of the Second World War (1989) — Author — 13 copies
John Paul II on science and religion : reflections on the new view from Rome (1990) — Author — 13 copies
Apostolos Suos: On the Theological and Juridical Nature of Episcopal Conferences (1998) — Author — 13 copies
Euntes In Mundum: On the Occasion of the Millennium of the Baptism of Kievan Rus (1988) — Author — 13 copies
Metafisica della persona. Tutte le opere filosofiche e saggi integrativi (2003) — Author — 12 copies
Through the Priestly Ministry the Gift of Salvation : Messages of John Paul II to Bishops, Priests and Deacons (St. Paul Editions, Volume 2) (1982) — Author — 12 copies
Memory and Reconciliation: The Church and the Faults of the Past and Homily of John Paul II Mass for the Day of Pardon (2000) — Author — 12 copies
Message of His Holiness Pope John Paul II for the Celebration of the World Day of Peace, January 1, 1999 (1999) — Author — 12 copies
Walk According to the Spirit: Messages of John Paul II on Consecrated Life (1985) — Author — 11 copies
A Concilio Constantinopolitano I: For the 1600th Anniversary of the First Council of Constantinople and the 1550th Anniversary of the Council of Ephesus (1981) — Author — 11 copies
Behold Your Mother: Mary in the Life of the Priest (Holy Thursday Letter 1988) (1988) — Author — 11 copies
Universi Dominici Gregis: On the Vacancy of the Apostolic See and the Election of the Roman Pontiff (1996) — Author — 10 copies
La eutanasia 100 cuestiones y respuestas sobre la defensa de la vida humana y la actitud de los católicos (1993) — Author — 10 copies, 1 review
Pilgrim, pastor, friend: By Pope John Paul II, during has 1987 pastoral visit to the United States ; photographs by St. Petersburg Times, Arturo Mari, Daughtors of St. Paul (1987) — Author — 9 copies
Apostolic Letter to all the Bishops of the Catholic Church Concerning the Situation in Lebanon (1989) — Author — 9 copies
Tutte le opere letterarie: Poesie, drammi e scritti sul teatro (Bompiani Il pensiero occidentale) (2001) — Author — 9 copies
Letter of Pope John Paul II to all the priests of the Church for Holy Thursday 1986 (1986) — Author — 9 copies
THE IDEA OF MOVEMENT: Three Speeches of Pope John Paul II to Communion and Liberation. (1989) — Author — 9 copies
The Christian Family: In the Teachings of John Paul II (Faith and Prayer Education) (1991) — Author — 8 copies
Il sacramento della penitenza. Sette allocuzioni e una lettera apostolica di Giovanni Paolo II (1992) — Author — 8 copies
THE POPE IN AMERICA II: The Addresses of Pope John Paul II during His Second Visit to the United States, Sept. 10-19, 19 (1987) — Author — 8 copies
Duodecimum Saeculum: On the Occasion of the 12th Centenary of the Second Council of Nicaea (1987) — Author — 8 copies
Fidei Depositum: On the Publication of the Catechism of the Catholic Church Prepared Following the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council (1992) — Author — 7 copies
Juan Pablo II; el papa prometido. — Author — 7 copies
Ad limina addresses : the addresses of His Holiness Pope John Paul II to the bishops of the United States, February 1998 (1998) — Author — 7 copies
GIOVANNI PAOLO II - LA FAMIGLIA CRISTIANA NELL'INSEGNAMENTO DI GIOVANNI PAOLO II (1989) — Author — 7 copies
Dies Domini, on keeping the Lord's Day holy ; Ad Tuendam Fidem, on protecting the faith — Author — 7 copies
Cari sacerdoti|: le lettere del Giovedi santo e altri scritti sull'identita, la vita e la formazione del prete (1991) — Author — 7 copies
Viva LA Virgen De Guadalupe! the Visit of Pope John Paul II to Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish San Antonio, Texas 1987 (1989) — Author — 6 copies
Sacrae Disciplinae Leges: For the Promulgation of the New Code of Canon Law (1983) — Author — 6 copies
Messages to the Youth of the World: World Youth Day '93, Denver, Colorado ("I have come so that they may have life..." Jn 10:10) — Author — 6 copies
The Rosary With the Pope — Narrator — 6 copies
The Words of Pope John Paul II: An Inspiring Collection of His Thoughts and Prayers (2005) — Author — 6 copies
carta do santo padre joão paulo ii aos sacerdotes por ocasião da quinta-feira santa de 2004 (2004) — Author — 6 copies
Giovanni Paolo II e l'Europa — Author — 6 copies
Mensaje de su santidad Juan Pablo II para la jornada mundial de la paz, 1 de enero de 1994 — Author — 6 copies, 1 review
The bread of life — Author — 5 copies
What do you seek, young pilgrims? : John Paul II in Santiago de Compostela, 1989 — Author — 5 copies
Letter of the Holy Father Pope John Paul II to priests for Holy Thursday 1983: Year of Renewal in the Priestly Vocation (1983) — Author — 5 copies
Don't be afraid to be Saints: Words from John Paul II and Benedict XVI, World Youth Days 1984-2008 (2008) — Author — 5 copies, 1 review
Social Concern - A simplified version of the encyclical Sollicitudo Rei Socialis of Pope John Paul II (1989) — Author — 5 copies, 1 review
Peace : the message of the Gospel : complete texts of addresses given by Pope John Paul II during his pastoral visit to New Zealand 22-24 November 1986 — Author — 5 copies
List Ojca Świętego Jana Pawła II do kapłanów na Wielki Czwartek 1997 roku — Author — 5 copies
Carta a los sacerdotes con ocasión del Jueves Santo de 2000 — Author — 5 copies
Pope John Paul on Hearing Confession — Author — 5 copies
List Ojca Świętego Jana Pawła II do kapłanów na Wielki Czwartek 1994 roku (1979) — Author — 5 copies
Dramaty — Author — 5 copies
Varón y mujer: Teología del cuerpo (I) (Libros Palabra) (Spanish Edition) (1996) — Author — 5 copies
For the Celebration of the World Day of Peace: Message of His Holiness John Paul II (2003) — Author — 4 copies, 1 review
carta do santo padre joão paulo ii aos sacerdotes por ocasião da quinta-feira santa de 2005 — Author — 4 copies
Pronunciamentos do Papa no Brasil: Texto Integral Segundo a CNBB — Author — 4 copies
Juan Pablo II a los laicos — Author — 4 copies
Apostolic Letter of the Supreme Pontiff for the Fourth Centenary of the Union of Brest (1995) — Author — 4 copies
Message Magnum baptismi donum...to the Ukrainian Catholics on the occasion of the millennium of the baptism of Kievan Rus — Author — 4 copies
Giovanni Paolo II. Discorsi in sicilia — Author — 4 copies
Letter of the Supreme Pontiff John Paul II to all the Bishops of the Church on the Occasion of Holy Thursday 1982: to all the Priests of the Church (1982) — Author — 4 copies
Apostolic Letter on the 4th Centenary of the Death of St John of the Cross (1990) — Author — 4 copies
Peace and justice: The address of His Holiness Pope John Paul II before the General Assembly of the United Nations on the feast of the Guardian Angels (1979) — Author — 4 copies
Redemptionis Anno: On the City of Jerusalem, the Sacred Patrimony of All Believers, and the Desired Meeting-Place of Peace for the Peoples of the Middle East (1984) — Author — 3 copies
Martyrologium Romanum, Ex decreto sacrosancti oecumenici concilii vaticani II instauratum auctoritate Ioannis Pauli PP II promulgatum (2004) — Author — 3 copies
El evangelio y la cultura: en palabras de Juan Pablo II — Author — 3 copies
Encykliki Ojca Świętego Jana Pawła II. T. 2, Centesimus annus ; Veritatis splendor ; Evangelium vitae ; Ut unum sint (1996) — Author — 3 copies
The words of His Holiness Pope John Paul II in St. Louis, January 26-27, 1999 (1999) — Author — 3 copies
The Saint for Shalom: How Pope John Paull II Transformed Catholic-Jewish Relations (2011) — Author — 3 copies
La Chiesa del mondo intero : 14 viaggi apostolici di Giovanni Paolo II (1982-85) — Author — 3 copies, 1 review
Letter of the Supreme Pontiff, John Paul II, concerning pilgrimage to the places linked to the history of salvation — Author — 3 copies
Maria: texto de Juan Pablo II — Author — 3 copies
The Holy Father speaks to youth: 1980 - 1985 — Author — 3 copies
Ordo rituum Conclavis. Rituale romanum ex decreto Sacrosancti Oecumenici Concilii Vaticani II. Editio typica (2005) — Author — 3 copies
Al sacerdocio — Author — 3 copies
Letter of the Holy Father Pope John Paul Ii to Priests for Holy Thursday 1995 — Author — 3 copies
Letter of the Holy Father Pope John Paul II to Priests for Holy Thursday 1990 (1990) — Author — 3 copies
Palavras do Papa João Paulo II aos Jovens — Author — 3 copies
Apostolic letter Divini amoris scientia of His Holiness Pope John Paul II: Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face is proclaimed a doctor of the universal church (1997) — Author — 3 copies
Pregherò per voi — Author — 3 copies
The Church is a creator of culture : address of Pope John Paul II to the Pontifical Council for Culture (1983) — Author — 3 copies
Juan Pablo II Peregrino de la fe, Enero 1979. Documentos Completos — Author — 3 copies
La terza visita di Giovanni Paolo 2. in Sicilia. 8-10 maggio 1993 — Author — 3 copies
Talks of Paul VI, John Paul I, and John Paul II to the Hierarchy of the United States, Ad Limina Visits , 1978 (1979) — Author — 3 copies
Mon livre de Méditations Pour ceux sui souffrent, qui doutent, qui espèrent (French Edition) (2004) — Author — 3 copies
Juan Pablo II en España texto íntegro de los discursos del Papa (1983) — Author — 3 copies, 1 review
Lettera del Santo Padre Giovanni Paolo II ai sacerdoti per il Giovedì Santo 2001 — Author — 3 copies
Ecclesia Dei: Apostolic Letter of the Supreme Pontiff John Paull II Given Motu Proprio 2 July, 1988 — Author — 3 copies
To Priests for Holy Thursday 1999 — Author — 3 copies
n. 1-3 del 1983, Gennaio - Settembre: rivista semestrale di cultura mariana e di formazione kolbiana — Author — 3 copies
St Therese Doctor of the Church — Author — 3 copies
Il matrimonio come sacramento 1: 6. ciclo di catechesi di Giovanni Paolo 2. alle udienze generali — Author — 3 copies
Los jóvenes y el amor: Preparación al matrimonio (100XUNO) (Spanish Edition) (2018) — Author — 3 copies
Matrimonio, amor y fecundidad: Teología del cuerpo (IV) (Libros Palabra) (Spanish Edition) (1998) — Author — 3 copies
Letter of the Pope, John Paul II, to all the Priests of the Church for Holy Thursday 1985 — Author — 3 copies
NEGOTIATION: The Only Realistic Solution to the Continuing Threat of War. (1982) — Author — 3 copies
Verginit o celibato "per il regno dei cieli" — Author — 3 copies
Matrimonio e famiglia. Genesi cc. 1-3 nell'insegnamento di Giovanni Paolo 2.: ciclo di discorsi alle udienze generali — Author — 3 copies
Mensajes, homilias y palabras del Papa — Author — 3 copies
Encykliki Ojca Świętego Jana Pawła II. T. 1, Redemptor hominis ; Dives in misericordia ; Laborem exercens, Slavorum apostoli ; Dominum et vivificantem ; Redemptoris mater ;… (1996) — Author — 3 copies
Giovanni Paolo II e la famiglia dei popoli. Il santo padre al corpo diplomatico (1978-2002) (2002) — Author — 3 copies
Il Collegio cardinalizio per il 25. anniversario di pontificato di sua santita Giovanni Paolo 2.: convegno in Vaticano, 15-18 ottobre 2003 — Author — 3 copies
I miei amici — Author — 3 copies
The Holy See at the service of peace : Pope John Paul II addresses to the diplomatic corps, October 1978-September 1988 — Author — 3 copies
Catechism of the Catholic faith : an abridged adaptation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, advanced (1994) — Author — 3 copies
Costruite la civiltà della verita e dell'amore: vent'anni di messaggi al meeting di Rimini (2002) — Author — 2 copies
El amor es más fuerte: Mensajes de Juan Pablo II al Pueblo de Chile — Author — 2 copies
Familia via ecclesiae (1-5-2) — Author — 2 copies
Lettre apostolique "Spiritus et Sponsa" - pour le 40e anniversaire de la constitution Sacrosanctum concilium sur la sainte liturgie (2005) — Author — 2 copies
Il papa ci parla : dall'insegnamento di Giovanni Paolo II : 1980, luglio-settembre (1980) — Author — 2 copies
Cartas a las mujeres, las familias, los niños, los jóvenes y los ancianos (Documentos MC) (Spanish Edition) (2004) — Author — 2 copies
Catechesi sulla sessualità — Author — 2 copies
Message of His Holiness Pope John Paul II for the Celebration of the World Day of Peace 1 Jauary 1997 — Author — 2 copies
Poèmes théâtre :la boutique de l'orfèvre, frère de notre Dieu. Ecrits sur le théâtre (1998) — Author — 2 copies
Letter to Priests for Holy Thursday 1987.Overs.til engelsk. — Author — 2 copies
Sabhayum Vishudhakurbanayum — Author — 2 copies
En los jóvenes está la esperanza cartas de Juan Pablo II a los jóvenes y a los sacerdotes (1985) — Author — 2 copies
Cristologia. Catequesis del Papa Juan Pablo II — Author — 2 copies
John Paul II Speaks to Youth: Denver 1993 — Author — 2 copies
Mensaje de Juan Pablo II a Espa♭ a : 31 de octubre-9 de noviembre de 1982 (1982) — Author — 2 copies
John Paul II, The Man, The Pope and His Message, 4. On This Rock — Author — 2 copies
Cartas a los Sacerdotes: Hacia una renovacion sacerdotal — Author — 2 copies
'A los mayores' — Author — 2 copies
Short Summary of the Encyclical Redemptoris Missio of Pope John Paul II — Author — 2 copies
The Four Tasks of the Family — Author — 2 copies
Świadectwo oddania bez reszty — Author — 2 copies
Carissimi amici. Il papa ai giovani per la XV Giornata mondiale dell a gioventù (2000) — Author — 2 copies
I have a dream — Author — 2 copies
La renovación de la Iglesia y del mundo : reflexiones sobre el Concilio Vaticano II (2016) — Author — 2 copies
The Complete Encyclicals of John Paul II (The Papal Writings of John Paul II) (2024) — Author — 2 copies
Two Lectures on St. Thomas Aquinas: Perennial Philosophy of St. Thomas for the Youth of our Times; Method and Doctrine of St. Thomas in Dialogue with Modern Culture — Author — 2 copies
A Celebration of Mass — Author — 2 copies
CD - Letter to the Youth — Author — 2 copies
The Pope in America: World Youth Day, 1993: a collection of Papal addresses and commentary (1993) — Author — 2 copies
Letter of the Holy Father Pope John Paul II to Priests for Holy Thursdays 1989 — Author — 2 copies
"You are a Treasure for the Church": Talks Given to the Elderly by our Holy Father John Paul II — Author — 2 copies
Message of his Holiness Pope John Paul II to the Polish Episcopal Conference on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Outbreak of World War II, 1 September 1939 — Author — 2 copies
This is Your Mother — Author — 2 copies
Juan Pablo II Al Peru — Author — 2 copies
Youth Mass, St. Louis, MO — Author — 2 copies
La pace nella parola di Giovanni Paolo II 1978 - 1982 — Author — 2 copies
The Pope In America: The Addresses of Pope John Paul II During His Historic Visit to the United States October 1979 (1979) — Author — 2 copies
Discursos do Papa João Paulo II em Portugual — Author — 2 copies
Le virt teologali. Le virt cardinali — Author — 2 copies
"Do końca ich umiłował" : trzecia wizyta duszpasterska w Polsce, 8-14 czerwca 1987 roku (1987) — Author — 2 copies
Jan Paweł II w Polsce : 31 maja 1997 - 10 czerwca 1997 : przemówienia, homilie (1997) — Author — 2 copies
Die menschliche Liebe im göttlichen Heilsplan : eine Theologie des Leibes ; Mittwochskatechesen von 1979 - 1984 — Author — 2 copies
Sescentesima Anniversaria: On the Occasion of the Sixth Centenary of the Baptism of Lithuania (1987) — Author — 2 copies
Padre, Hijo y Espíritu Santo: Encíclicas sobre Dios (Magisterio de la Iglesia. Antologías) (Spanish Edition) (1997) — Author — 2 copies, 1 review
Juan Pablo II, la cultura y la educacion — Author — 2 copies
Le litanie del Sacro Cuore: riflessioni — Author — 2 copies
Vosaltres sou l'esperança de l'Església : Missatges de S.S. Joan Pau II als joves amb motiu de les Jornades Mundials de la Joventut. (1986-2001) — Author — 2 copies
Catechesi sul matrimonio e la morale familiare, Matteo 5, 27-28: il ciclo di discorsi di Giovanni Paolo 2. alle udienze generali — Author — 2 copies
Giovanni Paolo 2. nella Repubblica Federale di Germania: discorso dell'ottavo viaggio apostolico — Author — 2 copies
Giovanni Paolo II e il cinema : un itinerario di fede e cultura, arte e comunicazione (2001) — Author — 2 copies
El servicio de la autoridad y la obediencia "Faciem tuam, Domine, requiram" : instrucción (2008) — Author — 2 copies
Discorsi nella Germania 1980 — Author — 2 copies
In the Image of God, Marriage and Family: A Vocation-Texts from John Paul II — Author — 2 copies
Predigten und Ansprachen von Papst Johannes Paul II bei seinem ersten Pastoralbesuch in Nordeuropa. — Author — 2 copies
Giovanni Paolo II alla Chiesa che in Messico — Author — 2 copies
Reflections on the consecrated life: "Ad Limina" address of the Holy Father, John Paul II to the U.S. Bishops of the ecclesiastical region of St. Louis, Omaha, Dubuque and Kansas… — Author — 2 copies
Cari seminaristi. Discorsi ai seminaristi (1978-1981) — Author — 2 copies
Annunciare il valore religioso della vita umana. Discorso “Sono lieto” ai Vescovi dell’Emilia-Romagna in visita “ad limina Apostolorum” del 1° marzo 1991 con… (1991) — Author — 2 copies
Spes Aedificandi: Proclaiming Saint Bridget of Sweden, Saint Catherine of Sienna and Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross Co-Patronesses of Europe (1999) — Author — 2 copies
Teologia del corpo 1: III ciclo di catechesi di Giovanni Paolo 2 alle udienze generali — Author — 2 copies
Il sacramento della penitenza nei messaggi del sommo pontefice Giovanni Paolo II alla Penitenzieria apostolica (2000) — Author — 2 copies
Avec vous, je suis prêtre: lettres aux prêtres pour le jeudi saint, 1979-2005 (2009) — Author — 2 copies
A catechesis on the Creed. — Author — 2 copies
A los enfermos — Author — 2 copies
Laicato, Chiesa e societa: esperienze e prospettive dell'ACI — Author — 2 copies
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Die Psalmen ausgelegt von Johannes Paul II. und Benedikt XVI.: Das Abendgebet der Kirche (2006) — Author — 1 copy
Die Worte seines Lebens — Author — 1 copy
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The Sheed and Ward Anthology of Catholic Philosophy (A Sheed & Ward Classic) (2005) — Contributor — 33 copies
Pope John Paul II: Statesman of Faith (A&E Biography) [1994 TV episode] (1995) — Self — 12 copies, 1 review
Fatima [1984 film] — Character — 1 copy
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- Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus II), sometimes called Blessed John Paul or John Paul the Great, born Karol Józef Wojtyła; 18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005), was Pope from 16 October 1978 to his death in 2005. He was the second longest-serving pope in history and, as a Pole, the first non-Italian since Pope Adrian VI, who died in 1523.
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𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐦 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐬: 𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐚 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢 𝐝𝐢 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐳𝐚.
Rileggere oggi la 𝐿𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑚 𝐸𝑥𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑠, l’enciclica che Giovanni Paolo II firmò nel 1981 in occasione del novantesimo anniversario della 𝑅𝑒𝑟𝑢𝑛 𝑁𝑜𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑢𝑚, produce un effetto straniante. La sua show more insistenza sul primato del lavoro sul capitale, sulla dignità di chi lavora, sulla necessità di salari giusti e di tutele sindacali, risuona oggi quasi come un manifesto riformatore. Riletta ora, dopo 45 anni, questa dimensione del suo magistero emerge con tutta la sua forza.
E in fondo non stupisce, conoscendo la biografia di Karol Wojtyla. Prima di diventare sacerdote, il giovane Karol lavorò come operaio alla Solvay di Cracovia, durante gli anni dell’occupazione nazista. Quella stagione segnò la sua sensibilità verso il mondo del lavoro come esperienza vissuta sulla propria pelle, tra turni, fatica e compagni di reparto. Si dice che da Papa si fosse ripromesso di visitare una fabbrica ogni anno, per non perdere mai quel contatto con la realtà concreta del lavoro. L’enciclica, in questo senso, non è solo un documento teologico: è anche la restituzione intellettuale di un’esperienza personale.
Colpisce in particolare quanto la visione wojtyliana del lavoro sia vicina allo spirito dell’articolo 1 della Costituzione italiana e quanto sia distante, invece, dalla logica del profitto come fine supremo. Per Wojtyla il lavoro non è merce: è l’espressione più propria della persona umana, e nessuna logica di mercato può ridurlo a variabile di bilancio. Il capitale è strumento, non padrone. È ciò che avvicina a Dio, quel dio della Creazione, che appare lavoratore nel libro della Genesi.
Le critiche al materialismo, sia quello marxista che quello liberale, ci sono, ma risultano sorprendentemente sobrie, quasi trattenute. Ben più accese sono invece le pagine dedicate allo sfruttamento del lavoratore, alla concentrazione del potere economico, all’ingiustizia salariale.
Al centro di tutto c’è una distinzione che rimane il cuore speculativo dell’enciclica: l’uomo come soggetto del lavoro, mai come suo oggetto. Wojtyla aveva in mente le catene di montaggio, l’operaio ingranaggio. Ma la categoria è straordinariamente attuale: oggi l’uomo non è più oggetto della catena di montaggio, ma dei meccanismi di sfruttamento delle grandi piattaforme e delle multinazionali il cui fatturato supera il PIL di interi Stati. Il rider, il magazziniere di un colosso dell’e-commerce, il lavoratore in subappalto a cottimo: sono tutte figure che l’enciclica non può conoscere, ma che la sua antropologia del lavoro descrive comunque con precisione.
Resta però un limite importante, figlio del suo tempo ma impossibile da non notare. Il trattamento del lavoro femminile è segnato da una visione che oggi stentiamo a riconoscere come paritetica: la donna è evocata soprattutto nel ruolo di madre e custode della casa, e il lavoro domestico — pur valorizzato — è separato dal lavoro tout court, con un tentativo di equiparazione. È un punto cieco che negli anni Ottanta era ancora culturalmente accettabile, ma che oggi rende alcune pagine difficili da leggere senza disagio.
Eppure il paradosso più grande rimane quello di fondo: Wojtyla era, a tutti gli effetti, un conservatore. Lo era nella teologia, nella morale, nella politica ecclesiastica. Eppure riletto oggi appare su posizioni che nell’Italia e nell’Europa di oggi verrebbero collocate senza esitazione a sinistra dello spettro politico. Questo cortocircuito non dice tanto qualcosa su Giovanni Paolo II, quanto su di noi e sul tempo che viviamo. 𝐿𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑚 𝐸𝑥𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑠 è un ulteriore specchio impietoso della nostra epoca. show less
Rileggere oggi la 𝐿𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑚 𝐸𝑥𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑠, l’enciclica che Giovanni Paolo II firmò nel 1981 in occasione del novantesimo anniversario della 𝑅𝑒𝑟𝑢𝑛 𝑁𝑜𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑢𝑚, produce un effetto straniante. La sua show more insistenza sul primato del lavoro sul capitale, sulla dignità di chi lavora, sulla necessità di salari giusti e di tutele sindacali, risuona oggi quasi come un manifesto riformatore. Riletta ora, dopo 45 anni, questa dimensione del suo magistero emerge con tutta la sua forza.
E in fondo non stupisce, conoscendo la biografia di Karol Wojtyla. Prima di diventare sacerdote, il giovane Karol lavorò come operaio alla Solvay di Cracovia, durante gli anni dell’occupazione nazista. Quella stagione segnò la sua sensibilità verso il mondo del lavoro come esperienza vissuta sulla propria pelle, tra turni, fatica e compagni di reparto. Si dice che da Papa si fosse ripromesso di visitare una fabbrica ogni anno, per non perdere mai quel contatto con la realtà concreta del lavoro. L’enciclica, in questo senso, non è solo un documento teologico: è anche la restituzione intellettuale di un’esperienza personale.
Colpisce in particolare quanto la visione wojtyliana del lavoro sia vicina allo spirito dell’articolo 1 della Costituzione italiana e quanto sia distante, invece, dalla logica del profitto come fine supremo. Per Wojtyla il lavoro non è merce: è l’espressione più propria della persona umana, e nessuna logica di mercato può ridurlo a variabile di bilancio. Il capitale è strumento, non padrone. È ciò che avvicina a Dio, quel dio della Creazione, che appare lavoratore nel libro della Genesi.
Le critiche al materialismo, sia quello marxista che quello liberale, ci sono, ma risultano sorprendentemente sobrie, quasi trattenute. Ben più accese sono invece le pagine dedicate allo sfruttamento del lavoratore, alla concentrazione del potere economico, all’ingiustizia salariale.
Al centro di tutto c’è una distinzione che rimane il cuore speculativo dell’enciclica: l’uomo come soggetto del lavoro, mai come suo oggetto. Wojtyla aveva in mente le catene di montaggio, l’operaio ingranaggio. Ma la categoria è straordinariamente attuale: oggi l’uomo non è più oggetto della catena di montaggio, ma dei meccanismi di sfruttamento delle grandi piattaforme e delle multinazionali il cui fatturato supera il PIL di interi Stati. Il rider, il magazziniere di un colosso dell’e-commerce, il lavoratore in subappalto a cottimo: sono tutte figure che l’enciclica non può conoscere, ma che la sua antropologia del lavoro descrive comunque con precisione.
Resta però un limite importante, figlio del suo tempo ma impossibile da non notare. Il trattamento del lavoro femminile è segnato da una visione che oggi stentiamo a riconoscere come paritetica: la donna è evocata soprattutto nel ruolo di madre e custode della casa, e il lavoro domestico — pur valorizzato — è separato dal lavoro tout court, con un tentativo di equiparazione. È un punto cieco che negli anni Ottanta era ancora culturalmente accettabile, ma che oggi rende alcune pagine difficili da leggere senza disagio.
Eppure il paradosso più grande rimane quello di fondo: Wojtyla era, a tutti gli effetti, un conservatore. Lo era nella teologia, nella morale, nella politica ecclesiastica. Eppure riletto oggi appare su posizioni che nell’Italia e nell’Europa di oggi verrebbero collocate senza esitazione a sinistra dello spettro politico. Questo cortocircuito non dice tanto qualcosa su Giovanni Paolo II, quanto su di noi e sul tempo che viviamo. 𝐿𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑚 𝐸𝑥𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑠 è un ulteriore specchio impietoso della nostra epoca. show less
Two cultures oppose each other. On one side stands the "culture of death," a culture grounded on the idea that life is an accident of time and space, that life and death are equally devoid of value, and that self-actualization is the highest good — even if that requires the sacrifice of life. On the other side stands the "culture of life," a culture grounded on the belief that life is a gift and duty bestowed by God, that life bears eternal value over death, and that the nurturing of life show more is the highest good — even if that requires the sacrifice of self.
These are the terms laid out in Pope John Paul II's encyclical "Evangelium Vitae," or "The Gospel of Life." Non-Catholic readers will find themselves filtering out uniquely Catholic artifacts, such as the entire conclusion which boils down to an encomium of devotion to Mary. The discerning Protestant reader will often detect the Magisterium's claim to interpret Scripture with full and final authority rather than the other way around.
There are also tough ethical topics which require further thought. For example, John Paul II argues that euthanasia is unacceptable in part because it denies the sanctifying power of suffering, yet he also concedes that palliation is acceptable. If we deny a right to die based on intolerable and terminal suffering, and we deny it on the grounds that suffering is never hopeless but is rather a channel of sanctifying grace, should we not refuse palliative care on the grounds that we're limiting the divine power of that suffering? Similar conundrums could be posed to the Church's opposition to chemical contraception on the one hand and its promotion of "conception avoidance" through natural planning methods on the other, when consistency would seem to dictate that any attempt to "avoid life" is out of bounds.
However, there will always be thorny ethical dilemmas at the shadowy nexus of life and death. All of this is outweighed by the encyclical's powerful promotion of a holistic and all-encompassing love for human life in all its stages, including the middle bits that pro-life advocates sometimes overlook. I doubt there exists a more tightly-written defense of life in our contemporary context, and it should strike the conscience of anyone who finds his or her moral sense dulled by the sheer weight of modernity and the overwhelming power of the "culture of death." I recommend this to any reader who wants to be confronted by and renewed to an appreciation that each human life is beautiful, valuable, and inviolable in dignity — from very beginning to very end, and at every precious stage along the journey. show less
These are the terms laid out in Pope John Paul II's encyclical "Evangelium Vitae," or "The Gospel of Life." Non-Catholic readers will find themselves filtering out uniquely Catholic artifacts, such as the entire conclusion which boils down to an encomium of devotion to Mary. The discerning Protestant reader will often detect the Magisterium's claim to interpret Scripture with full and final authority rather than the other way around.
There are also tough ethical topics which require further thought. For example, John Paul II argues that euthanasia is unacceptable in part because it denies the sanctifying power of suffering, yet he also concedes that palliation is acceptable. If we deny a right to die based on intolerable and terminal suffering, and we deny it on the grounds that suffering is never hopeless but is rather a channel of sanctifying grace, should we not refuse palliative care on the grounds that we're limiting the divine power of that suffering? Similar conundrums could be posed to the Church's opposition to chemical contraception on the one hand and its promotion of "conception avoidance" through natural planning methods on the other, when consistency would seem to dictate that any attempt to "avoid life" is out of bounds.
However, there will always be thorny ethical dilemmas at the shadowy nexus of life and death. All of this is outweighed by the encyclical's powerful promotion of a holistic and all-encompassing love for human life in all its stages, including the middle bits that pro-life advocates sometimes overlook. I doubt there exists a more tightly-written defense of life in our contemporary context, and it should strike the conscience of anyone who finds his or her moral sense dulled by the sheer weight of modernity and the overwhelming power of the "culture of death." I recommend this to any reader who wants to be confronted by and renewed to an appreciation that each human life is beautiful, valuable, and inviolable in dignity — from very beginning to very end, and at every precious stage along the journey. show less
When Mehmet Ali Ağca gunned down Pope John Paul II, the Pope was halfway through a five-year series of exegetical reflections on a theology of the human body. There’s some irony in the fact that the pope was shot nearly to death while entering St. Peter’s Square to deliver the next installment: “Marriage and Celibacy in the Light of the Resurrection of the Body.”
John Paul II, of course, survived to finish his work, a painstaking analysis of biblical teaching on the purpose and show more meaning of the human body in its masculinity and femininity. And when I say painstaking, I mean he took pains. For those who see value in deep biblical exegesis, the force of John Paul II’s addresses contrasts favorably with the current pope’s, whose most recent General Audience on the badness of consumerism and the goodness of ecology and the beauty of everyone getting along had all the magisterial power of a Hallmark card.
To be sure, the Protestant reader (such as yours truly) will steer around some Catholic rocks, most notably in the Roman church’s determination to turn everything into a sacrament. I’m not likely to build any of my own sermons around reflections from Tobit, and more conservative theologians will bristle at John Paul II’s acceptance of the canons of higher criticism in Genesis and Isaiah.
All that being acknowledged, I thought the former pope’s exegesis was thoughtful and precise with much to recommend it. Beginning with Christ’s words in the Gospels, John Paul II draws from Genesis a theology of the body in which the differentiation and marital union of male and female reflect the eternal union of the Trinity. Marriage is the willing and total gift of one self to another, a sign below of the Godhead’s communion above.
John Paul II contrasts this with the “threefold concupiscence” of 1 John 2:16, the spirit of the fallen world which takes rather than gives, choosing power and domination rather than the mutual and joyful submission Paul urges in Ephesians 5. In this context of concupiscence, the gospel of Jesus Christ offers a redemptive anthropology in opposition to the dehumanizing philosophers of the modern age.
Among these philosophers, the Freudian holds the lust of the flesh as the central anthropological truth. The Marxist elevates the lust of the eyes to a world-historical principle. The Nietzschean sees nothing in the heart of man other than the pride of life. In contrast to these latter-day prophets of domineering concupiscence, Christ calls us away from this unnatural state and back to our true destiny: loving communion with each other and eternal union with God.
With due allowance for Catholic shadings, I found the pope’s exegesis thought-provoking and impressive. I appreciated his serious approach to Scripture which, though still freighted with Catholic concepts in significant points, remains largely free of appeals to patristic tradition or papal decrees. John Paul II even gives an approving nod in Martin Luther’s direction in his exposition of Ephesians 5, so I’m willing to give at least a passing nod back in his direction. show less
John Paul II, of course, survived to finish his work, a painstaking analysis of biblical teaching on the purpose and show more meaning of the human body in its masculinity and femininity. And when I say painstaking, I mean he took pains. For those who see value in deep biblical exegesis, the force of John Paul II’s addresses contrasts favorably with the current pope’s, whose most recent General Audience on the badness of consumerism and the goodness of ecology and the beauty of everyone getting along had all the magisterial power of a Hallmark card.
To be sure, the Protestant reader (such as yours truly) will steer around some Catholic rocks, most notably in the Roman church’s determination to turn everything into a sacrament. I’m not likely to build any of my own sermons around reflections from Tobit, and more conservative theologians will bristle at John Paul II’s acceptance of the canons of higher criticism in Genesis and Isaiah.
All that being acknowledged, I thought the former pope’s exegesis was thoughtful and precise with much to recommend it. Beginning with Christ’s words in the Gospels, John Paul II draws from Genesis a theology of the body in which the differentiation and marital union of male and female reflect the eternal union of the Trinity. Marriage is the willing and total gift of one self to another, a sign below of the Godhead’s communion above.
John Paul II contrasts this with the “threefold concupiscence” of 1 John 2:16, the spirit of the fallen world which takes rather than gives, choosing power and domination rather than the mutual and joyful submission Paul urges in Ephesians 5. In this context of concupiscence, the gospel of Jesus Christ offers a redemptive anthropology in opposition to the dehumanizing philosophers of the modern age.
Among these philosophers, the Freudian holds the lust of the flesh as the central anthropological truth. The Marxist elevates the lust of the eyes to a world-historical principle. The Nietzschean sees nothing in the heart of man other than the pride of life. In contrast to these latter-day prophets of domineering concupiscence, Christ calls us away from this unnatural state and back to our true destiny: loving communion with each other and eternal union with God.
With due allowance for Catholic shadings, I found the pope’s exegesis thought-provoking and impressive. I appreciated his serious approach to Scripture which, though still freighted with Catholic concepts in significant points, remains largely free of appeals to patristic tradition or papal decrees. John Paul II even gives an approving nod in Martin Luther’s direction in his exposition of Ephesians 5, so I’m willing to give at least a passing nod back in his direction. show less
What a wondrous, beautiful book! Does not shy away from the tough, profound questions. And provides even more astonishingly profound answers.
I read this over the course of several months, and was richly rewarded with many opportunities to reconsider my own life and beliefs. If only to know the man who was vicar of the church through most of my lifetime, this book was truly revealing.
The title has direct link to the meaning behind Pope JP II's first proclamation as Pope, "Be not afraid!"
I read this over the course of several months, and was richly rewarded with many opportunities to reconsider my own life and beliefs. If only to know the man who was vicar of the church through most of my lifetime, this book was truly revealing.
The title has direct link to the meaning behind Pope JP II's first proclamation as Pope, "Be not afraid!"
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