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RELIGIOUS The Shadow of His Wings: A Graphic Biography of Fr. Gereon Goldmann By Max Temescu, Ignatius, 2016, 128 pp., ISBN 978-1-62164-071-4, $14.95 (paper).
This exciting graphic novel tells the story of the German Franciscan, Fr. Gereon Goldmann, OFM (1916-2005), his unusual journey to the priesthood, and his work as a Catholic within the Nazi army and in Japanese missions. In 1939, Gereon's studies at the seminary were interrupted when he was drafted into the Nazi army. During battles of World War II, he aspired to provide...