Silence, No; Deafness, Yes
Over the three years it took to prepare Witness to Hope: The Biography of John Paul II, I came to a reluctant but firm conclusion: the Holy Father has been
Thunder "Down Under"
It’s difficult to recognize the George Pell I’ve known for thirty-five years in Australian press reports on the new Archbishop of Sydney. According to a feature story in the Sydney
Born Again, Fifty Years Ago
When I first started working with evangelical Protestants some fifteen years ago, I was struck by the singular way these brethren would introduce themselves at a meeting where few present
Lincoln in Rome
On February 24, as the newly-created Cardinal Avery Dulles, S.J., tall and craggy of face, processed up the aisle of his titular church, resplendent in miter and pectoral cross and
Revisiting Franz Werfel
A few months ago, facing a fifteen-hour flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia, I called a friend, a distinguished literary critic, and asked, “What are the big great novels
An Unlikely Pontificate
[An excerpt from Witness to Hope, used here with permission.] It must be admitted that there is something surprising about the advent of John Paul II, particularly at the end
John Paul II and the Priority of Culture
That no good deed goes unpunished is nicely illustrated by the terms in which several biographers have recognized John Paul II as a seminal figure in the Revolution of 1989.
John Paul II — Preparing the 21st Century
Even at the height of Hollywood’s infatuation with things Catholic, no screenwriter would have dared propose such a storyline: Months after his country regains its independence, a son is born
John Paul II — Preparing the 21st Century
Even at the height of Hollywood’s infatuation with things Catholic, no screenwriter would have dared propose such a storyline: Months after his country regains its independence, a son is born
Pope 007?
His Holiness: John Paul II and the Hidden History of Our Time. By Carl Bernstein and Marco Politi. Doubleday. 582 pp. $27.50. On October 21, 1978, five days after the
Forgetting God
On the other, other hand, there is the argument advanced by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (and seemingly shared by John Paul II) that World War I, World War II, and the Cold
Arguments as Old as America
During President Reagan’s two administrations, Elliott Abrams held three senior State Department positions, as Assistant Secretary of State for, first, International Organization Affairs, then Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs,
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