Leading Papal Authority George Weigel to Pen New Book For HarperCollins

Posted on April 2, 2005

HarperCollins has announced that it will publish a new book about the end of Pope John Paul II's life and the beginning of a new era for the Catholic Church by George Weigel, Roman Catholic theologian and author of the 1999 bestseller Witness to Hope: The Biography of John Paul II. The book will "examine the death of the pope and the Church he left behind, while also offering an unparalleled inside account of the election of the next pope," according to HarperCollins. Weigel promises an in-depth portrait of the new pope and the challenges he will face. A Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C., and a consultant on Vatican affairs for NBC News, Weigel's weekly column, "The Catholic Difference," is syndicated to newspapers across the United States. We expect interest in this subject to be keen, especially in light of the fact that there is no clear frontrunner for the papal election.