John Paul's II's Book of Saints

by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, Stephen Bunson

Book Overview

She is war, strife, and fertility...a shape-changer, jinn and meddler that transcends our Earth's mythologies. Within: three stories of everyday people whose fates collide with her dark and abstruse... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879739347
• ISBN13: 9780879739348
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Inspiration for living

Pope John Paul II has beatified some 1,786 Saints during his pontificate, and will canonize another 150 in the Jubilee year. The number alone exceeds the number canonized by any other Pope in history, leading some to describe his pontificate as a "Saint factory." This book provides an exhaustive glimpse into that factory with the hagiographies of more than 300 canonized Saints and 700 beatified Saints. The book includes such inspiring biographies as Blessed Gianna Beretta Molla, the Italian wife, mother and doctor who unselfishly gave her life for her unborn child; the handsome, young, mountain climber Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati; and Mexican martyr Father Miguel Pro. Having just completed one of the bloodiest centuries the world has ever seen, Pope John Paul II is trying to tell us something. These stories are examples of his vision for the Church. They provide inspiration that he knows we will need as we face the century ahead of us. Furthermore, the stories prove that anyone can become a Saint -our friends, neighbors, co-workers, children, and maybe even ourselves.