Weigel's new book, "God's choice," reflects on month of JPII's death and Benedict's election
In New Book George Weigel wishes to ‘recapture the remarkable spiritual intensity of April 2005’Washington DC, Nov. 08, 2005 (CNA) - George Weigel, Catholic columnist and famous biographer of John Paul II, shared with CNA, on the papal transition, and the challenges Pope Benedict will face in the coming years, on the occasion of the release of his new book “God’s choice.” He is a senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.
Your book is written deliberately too early to provide any historical report of the current Pontificate, what is the intention of the book?
I’m trying to do several things in “God’s Choice:” to recapture the remarkable spiritual intensity of April 2005, the month of John Paul’s death and Benedict’s election; to paint a portrait of the world Church at the end of John Paul’s remarkable pontificate; to tell the story of the conclave, how its lightning-swift conclusion was reached and what that means; to offer a mini-biography of the new pope; and to suggest what might some of the great issues to which Benedict XVI will turn his hand.
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