Good Pope PB

<p>John XXIII was in the best possible sense a revolutionary--a Pope of modernization who kept in continuity with the church's past yet made even the most enlightened of his 20th century predecessors seem like voices of another age.<br />--<em>Time</em> magazine</p><p>The story of Good Pope John is always worth telling....Greg Tobin tells it very well. As we wait for better days this story will help to keep hope alive.<br />--Thomas Groome Professor of Theology and Religious Education at Boston College author of <em>Will There Be Faith </em></p><p>Published in the 50th anniversary year of the historic Vatican Council II <em>The Good Pope</em> by Greg Tobin is the first major biography of Pope John XXIII a universally beloved religious leader who ushered in an era of hope and openness in the Catholic Church--and whose reforms had they been accepted would have enabled the church to avoid many of the major crises it faces today. Available prior to John XXIII's likely canonization Tobin's <em>The Good Pope</em> is timely and important offering a fascinating look at the legacy of Vatican Council II an insightful investigation into the history of the Catholic Church and a celebration of one of its true heroes.<br /></p>