01458cam a2200265 4500 257409271 TxAuBib 20160101120000.0 110518s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011412028 9780739377611 lg. print 0739377612 lg. print DLC DLC DLC TxAuBib Weigel, George, 1951- The end and the beginning : Pope John Paul II : the victory for freedom, the last years, the legacy / George Weigel. 1st large print ed. New York : Random House Large Print, 2010. xvi, 1127 p., [8] p. of plates, (large print) ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographic references, bibliography and index. Opening gambits -- Defensor civitatis -- Confrontation -- Victory -- The great jubilee of 2000 : up to Jerusalem -- The great jubilee of 2000 : into the deep -- The turbulence of history : 2001-2002 -- Darkening valley : 2003-2004 -- The last encyclical : January-April 2005 -- From inside -- The measure of a pontificate. Assesses the final years of Pope John Paul II, offering insight into his deteriorating health and devastating scandals within the Church while revealing a secret war between the Vatican and the Soviet Union. 20160101. John Paul II Pope 1920-2005. Large type books.