Agenda for the Third Millennium - Hardcover

John Paul II, Pope

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0006279511 ISBN 13: 9780006279518

Publisher: Fount, 1996

Synopsis

In this text, the Pope delivers his statement for the year 2000 on a broad range of topics. He draws on a variety of materials, both published and unpublished, utilizing his extensive knowledge of world affairs and understanding of the human condition.

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From the Back Cover:

TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR A NEW MILLENNIUM...

No-one is more concerned about the progress of the human race as it enters the third millennium that the Pope himself, John Paul II. He predicts a time in which there may be a great reawakening to the Gospel of Christ. On the other hand, he documents the ever-increasing threats to human life.

Collecting his writings and speeches – published and unpublished – under ten major headings, 'Agenda for the Third Millennium' shows once again the Pope's extensive knowledge of world affairs and acute understanding of the human condition.

In what amounts to a sequel to his best-selling 'Crossing the Threshold of Hope', John Paul II addresses Faith, the Church, Prayer, Love; History, Evil, Work, the World. Peace and Religion. Among the many controversial topics discussed therein are the position of the laity and women in the Church, contraception and population control, feminism, money, unemployment, human rights, the ecological movements and Islam.

... FROM THE PEN OF POPE JOHN PAUL II

About the Author:

Pope John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla, was born in Wadowice, Poland on 18th May 1920. After university he went to the seminary of the diocese of Cracow, being ordained priest in 1946, and then gained degrees in philosophy at the pontifical Athenaeum in Rome in 1948, and in theology at the University of Cracow. He began to teach ethics at the Catholic Unversity of Lublin in 1954. Under Cardinal Wyszynski he was consecrated Bishop of the Church of Ombi in 1958, and became Archbishop of Cracow in 1964. In 1967 Pope Paul VI appointed him Cardinal and, after the death of John Paul I, he was elected Pope on 16th October 1978.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fount
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0006279511
• ISBN 13: 9780006279518
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208