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Pope John Paul II: A Tribute follows the life of Pope John Paul IIs momumental religious life from childhood to his early papacy up to the time of the Jubilee Festival. With never-before-seen photos, Pope John Paul II: A Tribute serves as a poignant biography, both visually and in the captured word. To honour Pope John Paul II for the twenty-six years he has served as leader of the Catholic church. Few individuals have had a greater impactnot just religious but socially and morallyon the modern world. He will stand as the most influential moral voice of our time. The Reverend Billy Graham, from the forword of Pope John Paul II: A Tribute
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I only bought this commemorative issue of John Paul II because it was put out by “LIFE”. It does have some beautiful photos of the Pope of which many are in black and white. Half the book is devoted to his life before he became the Pope. My only criticism is that not enough was devoted to his tenure as the most travelled Pope in history, i.e. not enough photographs of him with the crowds, touching the flesh so to speak. They could have included more photos of John Paul II among his flock, photos of him on a one on one basis. Also, I would have loved to see the inspirational stories of how he touched the lives of individuals. For those who are fond of JJP II I certainly would recommend other publications that are out there to complement your collection of memorabilia. Don’t limit yourself to just this one.
A simply beautiful book that is truly a tribute to John Paul the Great. It made an excellent to gift for my mother and mother-in-law for Mother’s Day.
I loved this book. I thought the photos were very beautiful and touching. However, it was Bulfinch Press who published it, not New York Graphic Society.
This book is just a bit of fluff to get some money out of the odd popularity of Pope John Paul II. I quickly found at least one very erroneous statement in it. The book states that Pope John Paul I was a centrist and “was probably not going to be an innovator.” Anyone who knows ANYTHING about Pope John Paul I knows that this is a totally absurd (and unimaginable) assessment of the man. A poll in Italy showed that many millions of Italians believe he was killed by someone in the Vatican precisely because Pope John Paul I was so revolutionary in his ideas about birth control, poverty, and the church’s irresponsible dehumanization of gay people. Pope John Paul I was set to be the greatest innovator in the history of the Catholic church. So this book lost all credibility with me upon reading such an apparently intentionally misleading statement.