His Holiness: John Paul II And The History

With compelling journalism, drama, history, and biography, this detailed chronicle of the life and circumstances surrounding Pope John Paul II draws on hundreds of interviews with key players and explores how the Vatican has gained new power under his control

Aside from the obvious subject of Pope John Paul II, this book gives a rarely heard account of how the Vatican and JP II helped bring about the downfall of Communism. In this time of rhetoric about hope it is worth reading the true story of how two men's belief in truth and the inherent flaws of Communism and their pointed attacks on those flaws brought about the bloodless fall of one of the worlds most horrific empires.