Una científica saltando vallas

"Ser famoso en la América del Sur no es dejar de ser un desconocido" Paul Groussac, citado por Jorge Luis Borges en su "Biblioteca Personal"

Pope John Paul II is now universally considered to have been one of the great leaders of the twentieth century and possibly the most politically influential pope since St Peter. His achievements are well documented, yet he once said, 'I can only be understood from the inside.' In this vivid and accessible living portrait, O'Connor investigates the inner man, including Karol Wojtyla's life before he became Pope and his friendships with men and women, subtly analysing the Pope's own poems, plays and philosophical works for clues as to what made him tick. It also dramatically follows his life,...

Captured by the Russian army during World War II and convicted of being a "Vatican spy", American Jesuit Father Walter J. Ciszek spent some 23 agonizing years in Soviet prisons and the labor camps of Siberia. He here recalls how it was only through an utter reliance on God's will that he managed to endure. He tells of the courage he found in prayer - a courage that eased the loneliness, the pain, the frustrations, the anguish, the fears, the despair. For, as Ciszek relates, the solace of spiritual contemplation gave him an inner serenity upon which he was able to draw amid the "arrogance of...

Gracias a los escritos de Bartolomé de las Casas conocemos parte de la vida de Cristóbal Colón; sin embargo, nunca coincidieron personalmente. Las Casas se embarcó hacia América en 1502 y residió en La Española hasta su retorno a Sevilla en 1506. Precisamente en 1502, Colón se encontraba realizando su cuarto y último viaje. Quizá estas dos notables figuras hubieran coincidido, pero una tormenta hizo desembarcar a Colón en Jamaica donde permaneció hasta su regreso a España en 1504. El navegante genovés era treinta años mayor que el fraile sevillano y murió dos años después en ...