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Saint and scribe
Robert Royal, First Things
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
In his new and lively book Lessons in Hope, George Weigel provides an astonishingly detailed account of behind-the-scenes conversations with JPII as he wrote the future saint’s biography; their growing personal affection for each other; and his wide-ranging interactions with people who knew Wojtyła (the only way, the pope said, really to get to know him).