george weigel

George Weigel is a Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center and a Roman Catholic theologian. He is one of America's leading commentators on religion and public life. Best known for his biography of Pope John Paul II, Witness to Hope. Weigel grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, where he attended St. Mary's Seminary and University, and he lated received his masters degree from the University of St. Michael's College in Toronto. Weigel has received eight honorary doctorate degrees, in addition to the papal cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice. Weigel founded the National Endowment for Democracy and has served as an advisor to the U.S. Information Agency. Weigel lived in Seattle, serving as Assistant Professor of Theology and Assitant Dean of Studies at the St. Thomas Seminary School of Theology in Kenmore, Scholar-in-Residence at the World Without War Council of Greater Seattle, before returning to Washington, D.C., as a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Weigel and his wife live in North Bethesda, Maryland with their three children.

Publications

Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II
The Final Revolution: The Resistance Church and the Collapse of Communism
Cathlolicism and the Renewal of American Democracy
The Final Revolution: The Resistance Church and the Collapse of Communism
Soul of the World: Notes on the Future of Public Catholicism
The Truth of Catholicism: Ten Controversies Explored
The Courage To Be Catholic: Crisis, Reform, and the Future of the Church
Letters to a Young Catholic
Tranquilitas Ordinis: The Present Failure Promise of American Catholic Thought on War and Peace

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