Memory and Identity
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Published: February 25, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780297850755
Subjects: Biography: general; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; Religion
Description: Remarkable autobiographical meditation by His Holiness Pope John Paul II, addressing particularly the effect of 20th-century totalitarianism on his beliefs. Reflecting on the most challenging issues and events of his turbulent times, Pope John Paul II reveals his personal thoughts in a truly historic document. The world's greatest communicator offers a moving insight into his intellectual and spiritual journey and pastoral experience.The book ends with the Pope's first ever published comments on the assassination attempt upon his life in 1981.