Book of the Day: Is the Pope Catholic? A Woman Confronts Her Church, by Joanna Manning. Publisher: Crossroad.

To what degree has Pope John Paul II been faithful to important Catholic teachings and traditions? That might sound like an odd question: if anyone would be faithful to Catholic teachings. it should be the pope, and if anyone has been exceedingly traditional, it has been Pope John Paul II. Appearances, however, can be deceptive - perhaps there is more going on than is initially evident.

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