Love Is a Journey - by Mo Guernon (Hardcover)

About the Book

Love is a Journey is the remarkable story of Albino Luciani, known to the world as Pope John Paul I, or The Smiling Pope, from his harrowing birth to his tragic death just 33 days into his 1978 pontificate-the shortest pontificate in history.

Book Synopsis

Love is a Journey is the remarkable story of Albino Luciani, known to the world as Pope John Paul I, or The Smiling Pope, from his harrowing birth to his tragic death just 33 days into his 1978 pontificate-the shortest pontificate in history.

Review Quotes

"Love Is a Journey is an important work that will be of interest to not just Catholic and Christian readers, but to all readers interested in the biographies of powerful, humble men." --Booklist

"In this well-written and carefully researched book, Mo Guernon gives us an illuminating account of the life and legacy of Pope John Paul I who died in 1978 only 33 days into his pontificate. The book is noteworthy for its sober assessment of the questions that swirled about his sudden death, its speculation about "what might have been" had he survived, and most of all for its heartwarming portrait of the Albino Luciani himself." --Mary Ann Glendon, Author of In the Courts of Three Popes and former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See

"Mo Guernon's memoir of Blessed John Paul I is a welcome and much-needed addition to the corpus of papal biographies, especially in view of his brief papacy and untimely death. The 'Smiling Pope' had an essential role in God's mysterious divine plan." --Robert C. Evans, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Providence, RI

"I enthusiastically recommend Mo Guernon's beautiful biography of Pope John Paul I. My parents knew him well and he had promised to ordain me but died just a few months before. In Love Is a Journey the John Paul who I remember miraculously comes alive again!" --Rev. Silvio De Nard, SdC, Pastor of Sacred Heart Church

About the Author

Mo Guernon is a retired educator, journalist, and syndicated columnist whose writings have appeared in newspapers and Catholic magazines such as America, St. Anthony Messenger, The Providence Journal, and the Rhode Island Catholic. He is a founding member of the Pope John Paul I Association based in New York City and is the recipient of the National Catholic School Distinguished Graduate Award. Guernon resides in Lincoln, RI.