Jack Ryan, having jumped at the offer to join the CIA as a freelance analyst in the early 1980s, quickly finds himself in over his head when he uncovers a KGB plot to assassinate Pope John Paul II.
Investigates the actions of the Catholic Church and of individual Catholics during the Holocaust, from the emergence of Hitler in 1930 until the Church's official rejection of antisemitism in 1965.
Pope John Paul II shares his historical and philosophical perspective on global events and changes that have occurred during his years of service; presented in the literary form of a conversation.
Provides a concise history of the Catholic Church and the papacy, and chronicles the brief but productive reign of Angelo Guiseppe Roncalli as Pope John XXIII in the mid-twentieth century.
Traces the life of Pope John Paul II from his birth as Karol Wojtyle in Poland in 1920, to his death in Rome in 2005, following his career through the Catholic Church, and looking at some of the most significant challenges he faced along the way.
