One of the Polish pontiff’s seminal accomplishments was to give us the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The English-language version dropped 30 years ago this week.
The Catechism was an instant international best-seller that became a reality only with the intervention of an American businessman. More on that in a moment.
John Paul II inherited the arduous task of unpacking Vatican II, arguably the most important religious event of the 20th century.
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