Rome, 1959. Cardinals elect a 76 year old Pope, hoping for an uneventful pontificate without surprises. But John XXIII surprised everyone.
With the Second Vatican Council, Pope John XXIII launched the greatest revolution in the modern history of the Catholic Church. He summoned the world's bishops to engage in straightforward discussions about the direction and future of the Church.
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The Next Pope
Tim Gray talks with George Weigel about his new book "The Next Pope" and the future of the Church.
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The McCarrick Report and Pope Saint J...
Dr. Tim Gray and George Weigel, Pope Saint John Paul II's Papal Biographer, discuss the recently released Report on former Cardinal McCarrick and how it relates to Pope Saint John Paul II.
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The Next Pope - Audio Book
The Catholic Church is on the verge of a transition of great consequence.
As Catholic theologian, historian, and papal biographer George Weigel notes, the next pope will probably have been a teenager or a very young man during the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965); he may even have been a child...
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