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class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Crossing+the+Threshold+of+Hope&rft.author=%5B%5BJohn+Paul+II%5D%5D&rft.date=1994&rft.pub=Alfred+A.+Knopf&rft.place=%5B%5BVatican+City%5D%5D&rft.pages=229"></span></caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Crossing_the_Threshold.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e6/Crossing_the_Threshold.jpg" decoding="async" width="144" height="260" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="144" data-file-height="260" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Author</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II" class="mw-redirect" title="John Paul II">John Paul II</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">Originally Italian, translated into 53 others</td></tr><tr><th 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It was published originally in Italian by <a href="/wiki/Arnoldo_Mondadori_Editore" title="Arnoldo Mondadori Editore">Arnoldo Mondadori Editore</a> and in English by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. It is distributed by <a href="/wiki/Random_House,_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="Random House, Inc.">Random House, Inc.</a>, New York City. By 1998, the book had sold several million copies and was published in forty languages. Over one million copies were sold in Italy alone.<sup id="cite_ref-Arnoldo_Mondadori_Editore_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arnoldo_Mondadori_Editore-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origin">Origin</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crossing_the_Threshold_of_Hope&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The contents presented in <i>Crossing the Threshold of Hope</i> were originally intended to be broadcast as a live television interview with <a href="/wiki/Vittorio_Messori" title="Vittorio Messori">Vittorio Messori</a>, an Italian journalist and writer. The interview was to celebrate fifteen years of his <a href="/wiki/Papacy" class="mw-redirect" title="Papacy">papacy</a>. When John Paul II had to cancel the interview at the last minute, he still wanted to answer Messori's questions and told him: “You have asked me questions, therefore you have a right to responses. ... I am working on them. I will let you have them. Then do with them what you think is appropriate”.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the end of April 1994, Messori received a package from the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Vatican</a>: The pope had answered every question. John Paul II expressed his confidence in Messori by permitting him to do whatever he saw fit with the contents of the folder. He only wrote “Crossing the Threshold of Hope” on the inside front cover of the folder as a suggestion for a possible title.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As Messori began compiling the questions, he saw that additional questions as follow-up would be helpful. Additional questions were composed and sent. When the follow-up questions returned from the Vatican, Messori found that the pope had again answered every question. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Contents">Contents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crossing_the_Threshold_of_Hope&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Contents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The text of the book is presented exactly as written by John Paul II. Points that the pope underlined in his original <a href="/wiki/Manuscript" title="Manuscript">manuscript</a> are italicized in the published text. Paragraph breaks remain consistent with John Paul II's writing.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Messori doesn't ask private questions, but the questions he does ask allow the reader to see the personal life of the pope. For example, the very first question in <i>Crossing the Threshold of Hope</i> asks whether the pope ever doubts his relationship with <a href="/wiki/God" title="God">God</a>, especially given the importance of his role in the Catholic Church. The pope's answer grounds itself in Scripture: “Be not afraid!” (Luke 1:30). These words echoed through John Paul II's papacy, and they continue to echo in this writing. </p><p>Messori continues to ask questions throughout the book that people throughout the world have wondered: “How do you pray?” “Does God really exist?” “Is there really hope in the young?” “Does eternal life exist?” “What does it mean to be saved?” The pope does not answer questions that only pertain to <a href="/wiki/Catholicism" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholicism">Catholicism</a>. Messori asks questions about <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Judaism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Monotheism" title="Monotheism">monotheistic</a> religions in general. John Paul II's answers to these questions reflect his great love for all people and his knowledge of these religions: he speaks several times of individuals he has met who belong to these religions, sometimes calling them by name. He also says vehemently that “the Catholic Church rejects nothing that is true and holy in these religions”.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He quotes the Second Vatican Council as mentioning a "common soteriological root present in all religions"<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though he seems to contradict that<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by stating that "the Buddhist tradition and the methods deriving from it have an almost exclusively negative soteriology."<sup id="cite_ref-ref_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ref-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and continuing "doctrines of salvation in Buddhism and Christianity are opposed."<sup id="cite_ref-ref_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ref-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This has been judged by Buddhists as a misunderstanding of Buddhism.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Messori's questions in the latter portion of the book refer to various tenets of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Catholic</a> faith, including whether the Catholic Church really has the fullness of truth, and whether or not <a href="/wiki/Heaven" title="Heaven">heaven</a> exists. Many people ask these questions, and the pope's answers to these questions can be found here. </p><p>Some readers may find Messori frustrating at times, as his writing can be gushing and formal. He says things like, “Pardon me, Your Holiness, but my role (which gives me great honor but also a certain responsibility) is also that of a respectful “provocateur” with regard to questions...”.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Topics of the book include: “The Pope: A Scandal and a Mystery,” “How does the Pope Pray?” “Does God Really Exist?” “Proof: Is it Still Valid?” “If God Exists, Why is He Hiding?” “Is Jesus the Son of God?” “Why Is There So Much Evil in the World?” “What Does To Save Mean?” “Why So Many Religions?” “Buddha?” “Muhammad?” “Judaism?” “What Is the New Evangelization?” “Is There Really Hope in the Young?” “Was God at Work in the Fall of Communism?” “Is Only Rome Right?” “In Search of Lost Unity,” “A Qualitative Renewal,” “The Reaction of the World,” “Does Eternal Life Exist?” “Human Rights,” “The Mother of God,” and “Be Not Afraid.” </p><p>The pope answers questions directly, and he also provides a context and history as background. He reflects on <a href="/wiki/Descartes" class="mw-redirect" title="Descartes">Descartes</a>’ <a href="/wiki/Philosophy" title="Philosophy">philosophy</a> of “I think, therefore I am,” while referencing <a href="/wiki/Immanuel_Kant" title="Immanuel Kant">Kant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hegel" class="mw-redirect" title="Hegel">Hegel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Husserl" class="mw-redirect" title="Husserl">Husserl</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heidegger" class="mw-redirect" title="Heidegger">Heidegger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aristotle" title="Aristotle">Aristotle</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Plato" title="Plato">Plato</a> when defining the history of European thought. </p><p>Although the pope writes to a worldwide audience, he also speaks specifically of the Catholic faith, including references not only to the Sacred Scriptures, but also many saints: <a href="/wiki/Augustine" class="mw-redirect" title="Augustine">Augustine's</a> <i>City of God</i>, <a href="/wiki/John_of_the_Cross" title="John of the Cross">John of the Cross</a> and his <i><a href="/wiki/Ascent_of_Mount_Carmel" title="Ascent of Mount Carmel">Ascent of Mount Carmel</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Aquinas" title="Thomas Aquinas">Thomas Aquinas</a> and the <i><a href="/wiki/Summa_Theologica" title="Summa Theologica">Summa Theologica</a></i>, and many more. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Praise">Praise</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crossing_the_Threshold_of_Hope&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Praise"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Reception of this work of John Paul II range from “With the humility and generosity of spirit for which he is well known, John Paul speaks forthrightly to all people”<sup id="cite_ref-Aquinas_And_More_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aquinas_And_More-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to “the Pope emerges as the master of the flat statement, the bland certainty. Metaphor, anecdotes, humour, imagination rarely trouble his style; he prefers the long pedantic plod through Aristotle and Plato, St Paul, Augustine, St Thomas Aquinas, Descartes, Pascal, Kant, Hegel, Husserl and Heidegger”<sup id="cite_ref-Independent_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Criticism">Criticism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crossing_the_Threshold_of_Hope&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Criticism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Pope's negative portrayal of Buddhism received widespread criticism within the various branches of Buddhism across the world. </p><p>In response to receiving several letters from Poland, from individuals and from a publishing house, asking him to comment on it, <a href="/wiki/Thinley_Norbu" title="Thinley Norbu">Thinley Norbu Rinpoche</a> (one of the key teachers in the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism) wrote the book <i>Welcoming Flowers from across the Cleansed Threshold of Hope: An Answer to the Pope's Criticism of Buddhism</i> to address the "serious, gratuitous misrepresentations of Buddhist doctrine which seemed to be based on misunderstandings" contained within <i>Crossing the Threshold of Hope</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The release of the book in Sri Lanka on the eve of the Pope's January visit to this country stirred up waves of indignation in the Buddhist community that spread as far as the Vatican. The Buddhist prelates announced that they would not attend an inter-religious meeting requested by the Pope unless he formally retracted his unfavorable remarks about Buddhism. Although on arrival the Pope tried to appease the feelings of Buddhist leaders by declaring his esteem for their religion, even quoting the Dhammapada, he fell short of proffering a full apology, and this did not satisfy the Sangha elders.<sup id="cite_ref-accesstoinsight_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-accesstoinsight-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>The New York Times</i> cited criticism from Sri Lanka Buddhists, saying: </p> <dl><dd>In his book, the Pope uses language that Buddhists here say they found offensive, notably its reference to nirvana as a state of "indifference with regard to the world" and its assertion that the Buddhist doctrine of salvation through nirvana is "almost exclusively negative."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p><a href="/wiki/Bhikkhu_Bodhi" title="Bhikkhu Bodhi">Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi</a>, a highly regarded scholar of Theravada Buddhism and past president of the <a href="/wiki/Buddhist_Publication_Society" title="Buddhist Publication Society">Buddhist Publication Society</a> published an essay "intended as a short corrective to the Pope's demeaning characterization of Buddhism" entitled <i>Toward a Threshold of Understanding</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-accesstoinsight_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-accesstoinsight-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The English satirical magazine <i><a href="/wiki/Private_Eye" title="Private Eye">Private Eye</a></i> attacked the book; "A few pages reveal however, that this is no interview at all, being constructed instead on the age-old Catholic model of the Catechism, in which the grovelling postulant is not only given all the answers to memorise but has all the questions dictated to him too."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Citations">Citations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crossing_the_Threshold_of_Hope&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Crossing the Threshold of Hope</i> has been cited by many, including <a href="/wiki/Scott_Hahn" title="Scott Hahn">Scott Hahn</a> (<i>Lord, Have Mercy: The Healing Power of Confession</i>), Eugene Mario DeRobertis (<i>Phenomenological Psychology: A Text for Beginners</i>), Harold C Raley (<i>A Watch Over Mortality: The Philosophical Story of Julian Marias</i>), R Baschetti (<i>Evolutionary, Biological Origins of Mortality: Implications for Research with Human Embryonic Stem Cells</i>), Anthony Scioli (<i>Hope in the Age of Anxiety</i>), John Berkman (<i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.academia.edu/3256484/The_Consumption_of_Animals_and_the_Catholic_Tradition_2004_">The Consumption of Animals and the Catholic Tradition</a></i>), and <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Jamison" title="Christopher Jamison">Christopher Jamison</a> (<i>Finding Sanctuary: Monastic Steps for Everyday Life</i>) and more. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crossing_the_Threshold_of_Hope&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_Buddhism" title="Criticism of Buddhism">Criticism of Buddhism</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crossing_the_Threshold_of_Hope&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Arnoldo_Mondadori_Editore-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Arnoldo_Mondadori_Editore_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Arnoldo-Mondadori-Editore-SpA-Company-History.html.">"History of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A."</a> <i>Fundinguniverse.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 January</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Fundinguniverse.com&rft.atitle=History+of+Arnoldo+Mondadori+Editore+S.p.A.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fundinguniverse.com%2Fcompany-histories%2FArnoldo-Mondadori-Editore-SpA-Company-History.html.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACrossing+the+Threshold+of+Hope" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Crossing</i> p. vi.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">p. vii.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">p. vi.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">p. 80.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">p. 81.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Thinley Norbu, former head of the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism writes "there is nothing more rejecting than referring to Buddhism as having a “negative soteriology” (p. 85), as the Pope says. Nothing more negative could be said." Thinley Norbu. Welcoming Flowers From Across the Cleansed Threshold of Hope: An Answer to the Pope's Criticism of Buddhism (Kindle Locations 915-916). Jewel Pub House.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ref-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ref_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ref_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">p. 85.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Thinley Norbu, former head of the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism writes "it is a mistake for the Pope to say that Buddhism is a “negative soteriology” (p. 85) based on detachment from evil, since Buddhism is based on how to create and attain the positive energy of the inconceivable purity of the unending union of space and appearance, which is the infallibility of Buddhahood." Thinley Norbu. 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fidem">Ad tuendam fidem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novo_millennio_ineunte" title="Novo millennio ineunte">Novo millennio ineunte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Misericordia_Dei" title="Misericordia Dei">Misericordia Dei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosarium_Virginis_Mariae" title="Rosarium Virginis Mariae">Rosarium Virginis Mariae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Il_rapido_sviluppo" title="Il rapido sviluppo">The Rapid Development</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Encyclical" title="Encyclical">Encyclicals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;font-style:italic;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Redemptor_hominis" title="Redemptor hominis">Redemptor hominis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dives_in_misericordia" title="Dives in misericordia">Dives in misericordia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laborem_exercens" title="Laborem exercens">Laborem exercens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slavorum_Apostoli" title="Slavorum Apostoli">Slavorum Apostoli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominum_et_vivificantem" title="Dominum et vivificantem">Dominum et vivificantem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redemptoris_Mater" title="Redemptoris Mater">Redemptoris Mater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sollicitudo_rei_socialis" title="Sollicitudo rei socialis">Sollicitudo rei socialis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redemptoris_missio" title="Redemptoris missio">Redemptoris missio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centesimus_annus" title="Centesimus annus">Centesimus annus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veritatis_splendor" title="Veritatis splendor">Veritatis splendor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelium_vitae" title="Evangelium vitae">Evangelium vitae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ut_unum_sint" title="Ut unum sint">Ut unum sint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fides_et_ratio" title="Fides et ratio">Fides et ratio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecclesia_de_Eucharistia" title="Ecclesia de Eucharistia">Ecclesia de Eucharistia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Books</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;font-style:italic;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Love_and_Responsibility" title="Love and Responsibility">Love and Responsibility</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Crossing the Threshold of Hope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memory_and_Identity" title="Memory and Identity">Memory and Identity</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Other writings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;font-style:italic;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Jeweler%27s_Shop" title="The Jeweler's Shop">The Jeweler's Shop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theology_of_the_Body" title="Theology of the Body">Theology of the Body</a></li> <li><span class="noitalic">"<a href="/wiki/Roman_Triptych" title="Roman Triptych">Roman Triptych</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="noitalic"><a href="/wiki/Testament_of_Pope_John_Paul_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Testament of Pope John Paul II">Testament</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Documents endorsed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;font-style:italic;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catechism_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Catechism of the Catholic Church">Catechism of the Catholic Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quattuor_abhinc_annos" title="Quattuor abhinc annos">Quattuor abhinc annos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/We_Remember:_A_Reflection_on_the_Shoah" title="We Remember: A Reflection on the Shoah">We Remember: A Reflection on the Shoah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominus_Iesus" title="Dominus Iesus">Dominus Iesus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;font-style:italic;;font-style:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Papal_Concert_to_Commemorate_the_Shoah" title="Papal Concert to Commemorate the Shoah">Papal Concert to Commemorate the Shoah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II%27s_political_views" title="Pope John Paul II's political views">Political views</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scriptural_Way_of_the_Cross" title="Scriptural Way of the Cross">Scriptural Way of the Cross</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:gold;"><div id="Eponymous_placesIn_popular_culture" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_named_after_Pope_John_Paul_II" title="List of places named after Pope John Paul II">Eponymous places</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II_in_popular_culture" title="Pope John Paul II in popular culture">In popular culture</a></li></ul></div></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Secondary schools</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">United States</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/St._John_Paul_II_Catholic_High_School_(Alabama)" title="St. John Paul II Catholic High School (Alabama)">Huntsville, AL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_John_Paul_II_Academy" title="Saint John Paul II Academy">Boca Raton, FL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._John_Paul_II_Catholic_High_School_(Florida)" title="St. John Paul II Catholic High School (Florida)">Tallahassee, FL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II_Catholic_High_School_(Louisiana)" title="Pope John Paul II Catholic High School (Louisiana)">Slidell, LA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._John_Paul_II_High_School_(Massachusetts)" title="St. John Paul II High School (Massachusetts)">Hyannis, MA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II_Catholic_High_School_(North_Carolina)" title="John Paul II Catholic High School (North Carolina)">Greenville, NC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II_High_School_(Pennsylvania)" title="Pope John Paul II High School (Pennsylvania)">Royersford, PA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II_High_School_(Tennessee)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope John Paul II High School (Tennessee)">Hendersonville, TN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._John_Paul_II_High_School_(Corpus_Christi,_Texas)" title="St. John Paul II High School (Corpus Christi, Texas)">Corpus Christi, TX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II_High_School_(Plano,_Texas)" title="John Paul II High School (Plano, Texas)">Plano, TX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II_Catholic_High_School_(Schertz,_Texas)" title="John Paul II Catholic High School (Schertz, Texas)">Schertz, TX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_John_Paul_the_Great_Catholic_High_School" title="Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School">Dumfries, VA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II_High_School_(Washington)" title="Pope John Paul II High School (Washington)">Lacey, WA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Other countries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/St_John_Paul_II_Catholic_College" title="St John Paul II Catholic College"> Australia: Sydney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II_Catholic_Secondary_School" title="John Paul II Catholic Secondary School">Canada: London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._John_Paul_II_Catholic_Secondary_School" title="St. John Paul II Catholic Secondary School">Canada: Toronto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II_High_School,_Greymouth" title="John Paul II High School, Greymouth">New Zealand: Greymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_College,_Rotorua" title="John Paul College, Rotorua">New Zealand: Rotorua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II_High_School_in_Tarn%C3%B3w" title="John Paul II High School in Tarnów">Poland: Tarnów</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Colleges</li><li>Universities</li></ul></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II_Catholic_University_of_Lublin" title="John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin">John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II_Institute" title="John Paul II Institute">John Paul II Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II_Minor_Seminary" class="mw-redirect" title="John Paul II Minor Seminary">John Paul II Minor Seminary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_the_Great_Catholic_University" title="John Paul the Great Catholic University">John Paul the Great Catholic University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontifical_University_of_John_Paul_II" title="Pontifical University of John Paul II">Pontifical University of John Paul II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II_College_of_Education" title="Pope John Paul II College of Education">Pope John Paul II College of Education</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Airports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bari_Karol_Wojty%C5%82a_Airport" title="Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport">Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Paulo_II_Airport" title="João Paulo II Airport">João Paulo II Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w_John_Paul_II_International_Airport" title="Kraków John Paul II International Airport">John Paul II International Airport Kraków–Balice</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Bridges</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/El_Puente_del_Papa" title="El Puente del Papa">El Puente del Papa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II_Bridge,_Pu%C5%82awy" title="John Paul II Bridge, Puławy">John Paul II Bridge, Puławy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juan_Pablo_II_Bridge" title="Juan Pablo II Bridge">Juan Pablo II Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Millennium_John_Paul_II_Bridge" title="Third Millennium John Paul II Bridge">Third Millennium John Paul II Bridge</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Other places</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" 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