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
Books
- 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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