Pio Nono John Paul II requiring a rare combination of

requiring a rare combination of fortitude

At the end of antiquity

Pope John Paul II reflects upon two questions from the Wisdom of Ben Sira: “What is man and of what use is he

” Providentially

Supplied with the necessary capital by the villainous Ugo Del Ferice

Pio Nono John Paul II requiring a rare combination ofBy E. E. Y. Hales Pio Nono, regarded by friend and foe alike as the founder of the modern papacy, the Pope who recovered for the Papacy an influence it had not enjoyed since the Council of Trent, has nevertheless become a largely forgotten or ignored figure. That is thanks, according to E. E. Y. Hales, not to the kind of man he was, but to the kind of record history keeps. If historical epochs were known for their tragic heroes instead of their