Rome, Italy, Mar 25, 2011 / 15:03 pm
Vatican spokesman Fr. Federico Lombardi recently announced the release of the book, “Traveling Companions, In-flight Interviews with John Paul II.”
The book, which features a selection of in-flight interviews the late Pope John Paul II gave to journalists, was released March 23 at the offices of Vatican Radio. Fr. Lombardi explained that Vatican Radio preserved recordings of the interviews given by John Paul II during the first years of his pontificate. The organization then made them available to journalist Angela Ambrogetti, author of the new book.
The book was published by Libreria Editrice Vaticana, the Vatican publishing house.
Fr. Lombardi told Europa Press that John Paul II developed the idea of in-flight interviews because “he saw the media as a possible ally in his ministry” to proclaim the Gospel, especially in countries where “freedom of expression was lacking.”