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John Paul II
Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II. George Weigel. New York: HarperCollins, 1999. 992 pp. $35.00.
AND IN FRENCH: Jean-Paul II, temoin de l'esperance. Trans. by Philippe Bonnet, Sabine Boulongue, Valerie Rosier, and Floriane Vidal. Paris: Jean-Claude Lattes, 1999. 1,200 pp. F198.
"[Weigel's] nearly 1,000-page book `Witness to Hope,' opens a window into John Paul's priestly formation, spirituality and writings that is essential in understanding the underlying religious ethos that has propelled this remarkable pontiff onto the world stage and...