A four-chapter illustrated biography of John Paul II has just been published by St. Paul´s for the Italian children´s magazine Il Giornalino («The Little Newspaper»).
«It is a life full of adventures, change, interest, tragedy, missions, trips,» the authors of «Karol Wojtyla: Pope of the Third Millennium» explain in the prologue. They note that the publication has the Vatican´s approval.
The biography begins with the Holy Father´s childhood in Wadowice, Poland, and includes his youth, when he played soccer and was an actor on the stage.
The narrative includes moments of anguish, such as his mother´s death, when he was 9 years old, and that of his only brother two years later.
