by Juan Pablo II · Plaza & Janés · tapa dura · ISBN 9788401305306
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«Levantaos! ¡Vamos!» is the autobiographical book by John Paul II, published by Plaza & Janés in hardcover (192 pages, in Spanish).
John Paul II recalls his time as bishop and archbishop of Kraków between 1958 and 1978. In six parts he addresses his pastoral work, his intellectual reflections and his opinions on literature and politics, as well as his Marian devotion, visits to the Virgin of Czestochowa and Polish nationalism as resistance against oppression.
Spanish-language edition published in 2004; the work originally appeared in 1996 under the title Rise, Let Us Be On Our Way.
For readers interested in the figure of John Paul II, Catholic spirituality and autobiographical accounts of the Church in twentieth-century Poland.
Pope John Paul II was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death in 2005. He was the first non-Italian pope since Adrian VI in the 16th century, as well as the third-longest-serving pope in history, after St. Peter and Pius IX.
