A Brief Note On Pronunciation | p. xv |
Prologue: The Millennial Pope | p. 1 |
A pope of many surprises | |
Roots | |
The impact of Vatican II | |
Evangelical papacy | |
Global witness | |
Nemesis | |
Karol Wojtyla vs. Communism 1945-1989 | |
Opening Gambits | p. 37 |
Poland's fate | |
The rigors of Stalinism | |
A leader of consequence | |
A new way of ministry | |
Making arguments for freedom | |
Defensor Civitatis | p. 88 |
A bishop on the front lines | |
The first years of the Vatican Ostpolitik | |
Target: Wojtyla | |
A new archbishop swindles the regime | |
"Disintegrating" the Catholic Church | |
In defense of the rights of all | |
A very dangerous man | |
Confrontation | p. 160 |
A Polish pope | |
Moles in the Vatican | |
Nine days to change the world | |
The rise of Solidarity | |
The mark of Cain | |
Diplomats and stability | |
A state at war with a nation | |
Victory | p. 251 |
Solidarity goes underground | |
An attempt at blackmail | |
Restoring hope | |
Martyrdom | |
Sowing seeds of freedom | |
The Revolution of 1989 | |
Evaluating the Ostpolitik | |
The man in the pivot | |
Kenosis | |
The Last Years of Pope John Paul II 2000-2005 | |
The Great Jubilee of 2000: Up to Jerusalem | p. 329 |
The meaning of a millennium | |
At the Holy Door | |
On pilgrimage with Abraham and Moses | |
The cleansing of conscience | |
To walk where Jesus walked | |
The Great Jubilee of 2000: Into the Deep | p. 391 |
The fullness of witness | |
Homage to the Virgin | |
Priests for the third millennium, and a birthday party | |
A great procession of young people | |
The uniqueness of Christ | |
Putting out the nets for a catch | |
The Turbulence of History: 2001-2002 | p. 452 |
The mission continues | |
On the Mars Hill of modernity | |
Bringing Ukraine into Europe | |
A world transformed by wickedness | |
Bishops as evangelists | |
Scandal and crisis in America | |
Struggling with Orthodoxy | |
Triumph in Toronto | |
The Rosary renewed | |
Darkening Valley: 2003-2004 | p. 541 |
Return of a poet | |
The Eucharist and the Church | |
War, again | |
Europe in crisis | |
Following John of the Cross | |
To defend life | |
Episcopal memories | |
Among the sick | |
The Last Encyclical: January-April 2005 | p. 642 |
Cheerful realism | |
Remembering the twentieth century | |
Final illness | |
Along the way of the cross | |
To the Father's house | |
The world's tribute | |
John Paul the Great? | |
Metanoia | |
A Disciple's Life Explored | |
From Inside | p. 695 |
The interior lives of great men | |
Ongoing conversion | |
Faith, hope, and love | |
A man in full | |
The cardinal virtues | |
The drama of a cruciform life | |
The Measure of a Pontificate | p. 745 |
A surprising preparation | |
An unprecedented record | |
Ten enduring accomplishments | |
Questions of context | |
What didn't go right | |
The Christian radical and the new humanism | |
Notes | p. 903 |
Bibliography | p. 1032 |
Acknowledgments | p. 1057 |
Index | p. 1067 |
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