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050 00 $aBX1378.6$b.W45 2005
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100 1 $aWeigel, George,$d1951-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82200769
245 10 $aGod's choice :$bPope Benedict XVI and the future of the Catholic Church /$cGeorge Weigel.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bHarperCollins,$c[2005], ©2005.
300 $a307 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [273]-288) and index.
520 1 $a"In God's Choice, George Weigel gives us a 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 an 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 postcommunist 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."--BOOK JACKET.
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610 20 $aCatholic Church.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85021043
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