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God's Choice: Pope Benedict XVI and the Future of the Catholic Church
George Weigel
book for anyone seeking to understand the Catholic future and the larger human future the Church will help to shape.
HarperCollins
November 2005
320 pages ISBN: 0066213312 Hardcover
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George Weigel's bestselling biography of Pope John Paul II,
Witness to Hope, set the standard by which all
portraits of the modern papacy are now measured. With
God's Choice, he gives us an extraordinary chronicle
of the rise of Pope Benedict XVI as well as an unflinching
view of the Catholic Church at the dawn of a new era. When John Paul II lapsed into illness for the last time,
people flocked from all over the world to pray outside his
apartment. He had become a father figure to millions in a
world bereft of strong paternal examples, and those
millions now felt orphaned. After more than twenty-six
years of John Paul II's guidance, the Catholic Church is
entering a new age, with its bedrock traditions intact but
with pressing questions to address in a rapidly changing
world. Beginning with the story of John Paul's final
months, God's Choice offers a remarkable inside
account of the conclave that produced Benedict XVI as the
next pope, drawing on George Weigel's unrivaled access to
this complex event. Weigel also incisively surveys the current state of the
Church around the world: its thriving populations in
Africa, Latin America, and parts of the post-communist
world; its collapse in western Europe; its continued
struggles in Asia; and the vibrancy of many aspects of
Catholic life in the United States, even as the Church in
America struggles to overcome its recent experience of
scandal. Reflecting on John Paul II's greatness, drawing on
firsthand interviews to paint an intimate portrait of the
new Pope, and boldly assessing the Church's current
condition, God's Choice is an invaluable book for
anyone seeking to understand the Catholic future and the
larger human future the Church will help to shape.
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