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“The quality of life is not interpreted as economic success, beauty and physical pleasure, but consists in the supreme dignity of the creature made in the image and likeness of God.” ~ Pope John Paul II.

Pope John Paul II & the Acton Institute

“Truth to the World: The Life of John Paul II,” A letter from Robert Sirico.

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Acton writers and scholars on Pope John Paul II

“From Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum to John Paul II’s Centesimus Annus,” by Rev. Maciej Zieba, O.P., Journal of Markets & Morality, Volume 5, Number 1, Spring 2002.

Review essay on Challenging the Modern World: John Paul II/Karol Wojtyla and the Development of Catholic Social Teaching, by Gregory R. Beabout, Journal of Markets & Morality, Volume 4, Number 2, Fall 2001.

“Globalization and the Insights of Catholic Social Teaching,” by Sam Gregg, Journal of Markets & Morality, Volume 4, Number 1, Spring 2001.

“Centesimus Annus in Retrospective,” Religion & Liberty, Volume 11, Number 3, 2001.

“Biography: Karol Wojtyla (b. 1920),” Religion & Liberty, Volume 11, Number 3, 2001.

“The Personalism of John Paul II,” a review by Richard C. Bayer, Religion & Liberty, Volume 11, Number 3, 2001.

“Reading Centesimus Annus,” by Rev. Robert Sirico, Religion & Liberty, Volume 11, Number 3, 2001.

Review essay on The Splendor of Faith: The Theological Vision of Pope John Paul II, by Kevin E. Schmiesing, Journal of Markets & Morality, Volume 3, Number 1, Spring 2000.

“John Paul II's Hope for the Springtime of the Human Spirit,” an interview with George Weigel, Religion & Liberty, Volume 9, Number 5, 1999.

“The Economic Personalism of John Paul II: Neither Right Nor Left,” by Daniel Rush Finn, Journal of Markets & Morality, Volume 2, Number 1, Spring 1999.

“Pope John Paul II's Visit Heralds New Beginning for Cuba,” an interview with Mario J. Paredes, Religion & Liberty, Volume 8, Number 2, 1998.

Review essay on The Social Encyclicals of John Paul II, by Gloria Zúñiga, Journal of Markets & Morality, Volume 1, Number 1, March 1998.

Bio

Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II (Book & CD Set)
by George Weigel
Published in 1999 by Harper Collins & the Acton Institute

For more information, please visit John Paul II's biography page on the official Vatican web site.

Articles & Papers Written By Pope John Paul II

Homily in Baltimore, 1995

Encyclicals

Centesimus annus, May 1, 1991

Laborem exercens, September 14, 1981

Sollicitudo rei socialis, December 30, 1987