The hidden Pope
Subtitle: the untold story of a lifelong friendship that is changing the relationship between Catholics and Jews : the personal journey of John Paul II and Jerzy Kluger
By: Darcy O'Brien.
Publisher: Daybreak Books; Distributed in the book trade by St. Martin's Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 406
Subjects: John Paul II, Pope, 1920-2005 -- Friends and associates; Kluger, Jerzy -- Friends and associates; John Paul II, Pope, 1920-2005 -- Childhood and youth; Kluger, Jerzy -- Childhood and youth; Popes -- Biography; Jews -- Poland -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: In The Hidden Pope, author Darcy O'Brien offers the account of the extraordinary relationship of Karol Wojtyla and Jerzy Kluger - their boyhood in the small Polish town of Wadowice, their separation at the beginning of World War II, their individual experiences under Nazi and Soviet tyranny, and their reunion almost thirty years later that deepened their friendship and made a profound impact on the history of our time.

Set in the perspective of monumental reconciliation between Christianity and Judaism, this is a portrait of John Paul II that describes him as only his closest friends know him and as no pope has ever been portrayed before. Readers will come to know the Holy Father as a man and to understand his most controversial ideas as expressions of his dramatic experience of life.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.