Papa Francesco (Jorge M. Bergoglio)
,
Luigi Maria Epicoco
SAINT JOHN PAUL THE GREAT The spiritual biography of Saint John Paul II told by Pope Francis in an interview with Luigi Maria Epicoco
February 2020
Series
DIMENSIONI DELLO SPIRITO
Size 13,5 x 21 cm
Also available in eBook format
Number of pages 128
CDU
98A 84
ISBN/EAN
9788892221680
Luigi Maria Epicoco reconstructs the spirituality that guided
the pontificate of Saint John Paul II, one of the most significant Popes in the history of the Church, through ten keywords
(from Work to War, from Man to Mary). The result is a biography that crosses the inner life and reveals unknown sides of
the Polish pontiff.
A fundamental contribution to the book is given by the long
interview with Pope Francis, who recounts “his” John Paul II.
Bergoglio recalls their encounters as moments of great and intimate spiritual depth. Pope Francis’ words show the continuity
between these two great pontiffs.
Born in Buenos Aires on December 17, 1936 from a family
of Italian origins, Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected Pope on
March 13, 2013 and took the name of Francesco. He is the first
Jesuit to become pontiff and the first Pope from the American
continent and the southern hemisphere.
Fr. Luigi Maria Epicoco (Mesagne, 1980) is a priest of the diocese of L’Aquila. He teaches philosophy at the Pontifical Lateran University and at the ISSR “Fides et ratio” of L’Aquila. With
Edizioni San Paolo he has published the bestsellers: Only Sick
People Can Heal (2016); What You Are for Me (2017), Salt, Not
Honey (2017) and Telemachus Was Not Wrong (2019).
SELLING POINTS
• Intimate and profound tale of John Paul II’s spirituality.
• Exclusive interview with Pope Francis, who tells his spiritual
encounters with the Polish pontiff.
• Written by the worldwide best-selling author, Fr. Luigi Maria
Epicoco.
Rights sold: French, Spanish, Slovack, Polish, Slovenian, Croatian