Lessons in Hope: My Unexpected Life with St. John Paul II

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. Later, he shows us the aging pope grappling with the post-9/11 world order and teaching new lessons in dignity through his own suffering.
A deeply humane portrait of an eminent scholar learning a saint, Lessons in Hope is essential reading for anyone seeking a fuller understanding of a world-changing pope.

• The End and the Beginning: Pope John Paul II--The Victory of Freedom, the Last Years, the Legacy
• In God's Hands: The Spiritual Diaries of Pope John Paul II
• Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II
• The Fragility of Order: Catholic Reflections on Turbulent Times
• The Day Is Now Far Spent
• To Light a Fire on the Earth: Proclaiming the Gospel in a Secular Age
• A Pope and a President: John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, and the Extraordinary Untold Story of the 20th Century
• The Light of Christ: An Introduction to Catholicism
• The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise
• The Contemplative Rosary with St. John Paul II and St. Teresa of Avila