Vatican City, Mar 23, 2004 / 22:00 pm
The latest book written by John Paul II, entitled “Rise, Let Us Be Going,” recalling his life experience as a bishop, will be release in Italian on May 18th by Mondadori Publishers, the Vatican announced today.
Mondadori also announced that by the same date, which coincides with the Pope’s 84th birthday, they expect the book to also be available on that date time in English, French, Spanish and German.
The title of the book is taken from Jesus’ words in the Gospel according to Mark (14:42) and refers to the passage in which He speaks to Peter, James and John in the Garden of Gethsemane prior to being arrested.
The book is 200 pages long and contains more than 40 short chapters.