The Pontiff in Winter
Subtitle: triumph and conflict in the reign of John Paul II
By: John Cornwell
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780385514842
Subjects: Popes; Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-319) and index.
Table of contents: title: Close encounters; title: Stagestruck; title: Eternal city; title: Professor and pastor; title: Bishop and cardinal; title: Combating communism; title: Signs of contradiction; title: "Be not afraid!"; title: Universal pastor; title: Assassination and fatima; title: Back on the road; title: Poland and the fall of communism; title: John Paul, saints, and scientists; title: John Paul's conflict with democrary; title: Pluralism and the pope; title: Women; title: Sexology and life; title: Milennium fever; title: Ufficioso and Ufficiale; title: Patient pope; title: To the holy land; title: Third secret of fatima; title: Jubilee theatricals; title: Contrition and the Jews; title: Are you saved?; title: Who runs the church?; title: 9/11; title: Sexual abuse scandal; title: John Paul and AIDS; title: Founding fathers; title: John Paul and the IRaq war; title: John Paul's decline; title: Mel Gibson's the passion; title: George W. Bush and John Paul; title: John Paul's grand design.