George Weigel

"An important book and a spectacular public service. It opens a window onto the Catholic faith and will open the minds of believers and skeptics alike." -Peggy Noonan The Catholic Church may be the most controversial institution in the world. Some find its teachings inexplicable, puzzling, even cruel. In this incisive new work, George Weigel suggests that we look at Catholicism and its controversies from "inside" the convictions that make those controversies...

« Au cours de ces trois dernières décennies, j'ai eu le privilège de m'entretenir longuement avec les papes Jean-Paul II, Benoît XVI et François. Ce que j'ai appris dans ces conversations est la source des réflexions présentées dans ce livre. Le prochain pape aura probablement été adolescent ou tout jeune homme à l'époque de Vatican II. Il se peut même qu'il n'ait alors été encore qu'un enfant. Quoi qu'il en soit, il n'aura vécu ni...

When John Paul II lapsed into illness for the last time, people flocked from all over the world to pray. He had become a father figure to millions, who now felt orphaned. After more than 26 years of his 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, this book offers an inside account of...

Theologian and papal biographer George Weigel, art historian Elizabeth Lev, and photographer Stephen Weigel explore the annual Lenten pilgrimage to dozens of Rome's most striking churches, which for many faithful is a sacred tradition dating back almost two millennia, to the earliest days of Christianity. Along this historic spiritual pathway, today's pilgrims confront the mysteries of the Christian faith through a program of biblical and early Christian...