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Under the name " Giovanni Paolo II. Biography, "the founder of the San Egidio community , Andrea Riccardi, published a new biography of John Paul II, now on sale in bookstores next Italian and English and English translations.
Avvenire The newspaper called it "more than a biography "(cf. 16.03.2011, p. 31) and also the name stated in the title of this text. And it is: a professional training as a historian of Riccardi added wealth of testimony and unpublished documents used for the preparation of the work, a text of the climate that TIME magazine defined as The Church in shock .
Riccardi's work, who knew and tried closely to Pope Wojtyla, studies the relationships of John Paul II, relations ranging from filial piety Cardinal Wyszynski, or "conflictual" with whom Cardinal Casaroli , however, is defined as "a man of prayer and living faith, sincerely devoted to the Church."
Of particular value is the testimony of Benedict XVI himself, especially on issues related to the conclave of 1978, the liberation theology or polity. In one part of the book present Pope concerned about the period of illness of John Paul II, towards the end of his pontificate: "Then they could reasonably ask: Is it possible to govern the Church in this condition? Today, in retrospect, we understand better the face of those years of suffering. We see that carrying on the fragile back the weight of his ministry. His life, In recent years, was a veritable lesson in pain. Today, in the contemporary world is suffering and suffering hidden. But suffering is an essential part of human life. John Paul II was to Christianity as the religion of the crucifix with his personal suffering. Yes, we can govern also suffering. It is truly extraordinary. But after a long pontificate and active life after so much by the Pope, was significant and meaningful time of suffering, it almost becomes kind of government. "
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