George Weigel

George Weigel

Catholic theologian and best-selling author

George Weigel is a Catholic theologian and Senior Fellow of Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington. He is the author or editor of eighteen books, including the New York Times bestseller Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II, which has been translated into twelve languages. The “On Faith” panelist’s most recent books include The Cube and the Cathedral: Europe, America, and Politics Without God, Letters to a Young Catholic and God's Choice: Pope Benedict XVI and the Future of the Catholic Church. Since 1999, he has been the Vatican analyst for NBC News, and he publishes frequently in newspapers and opinion journals around the world. A member of the Catholic Theological Society of America and the Council on Foreign Relations, he was awarded the papal cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice in 2000. In 2006, Weigel became the second non-Pole honored by the Polish government's highest award for contributions to Polish and world culture, the Gloria Artis Gold Medal. Close.

George Weigel

Catholic theologian and best-selling author

George Weigel is a Catholic theologian and Senior Fellow of Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington. He is the author or editor of eighteen books, including the New York Times bestseller Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II, which has been translated into twelve languages. more »

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November 15, 2006 2:55 PM

Real Conversation is Truth-Centered Conversation

Asked once to name the most important word in the Gospels, the late Pope John Paul II quickly replied, “Truth.” That the man the world came to revere as an icon of tolerance -- the first pope to pray at the Western Wall of the Temple in Jerusalem, the first pope to enter a mosque -- should have given that particular answer suggests that this business of truth-and-dialogue is a bit more complicated, and thus a bit more interesting, than we might otherwise imagine.

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November 27, 2006 7:30 PM

Some Muslims Want Dialogue with Pope

If Benedict XVI and his principal host in Turkey, Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, had their way, I suspect that the storyline here wouldn’t be, “Pope’s First Visit to Islamic Country Since Inflammatory Regensburg Address,” but rather, “Peter Meets Andrew to Consider the Unity of the Christian Church.”

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What Islam Really Says About Violence, Rights and Other Religions

Gomaa, Fadlallah, Mubarak, Khan, Siddiqi, Ellison, others | On Faith

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