My Years with John Paul II

An essential book to understand John Paul II’s most human side.

On the forty-fifth anniversary of the election of John Paul II, this book gathers the personal notes that Joaquín Navarro-Valls took during his years as the Pope’s spokesman. The book offers a previously unpublished look behind the scenes of the daily work of the Holy See, reveals some of the great problems of humanity that so concerned the Holy Father and, above all, gives us numerous details of his daily life and family situation.

Particularly moving are the descriptions of the periods of summer rest, illustrated with photographs taken by the author himself, which now come to light for the first time.