“Karol Wojtyła, Pope John Paul II, was a guy whose existence was the expression of a richly textured and multidimensional soul. The many layers of that spirit took on the first, mature type in Kraków.” – George Weigel

With this beautifully illustrated religious travelogue, NY Instances bestselling author George Weigel prospects readers through the historic streets of Kraków, Poland, introducing among the world’s great cities through the life span of one of the most influential Catholic leaders of most about City of Saints: A Pilgrimage to John Paul II’s Kraków time.

“To check out Karol Wojtyła through Kraków is to check out an itinerary of sanctity while learning the story of a city.” Weigel creates. “Thus, in what follows, the story of Karol Wojtyła, St. John Paul II, and the story of Kraków are interwoven inside a chronological pilgrimage through the life span of the saint that unveils, at exactly the same time, the dramatic history and majestic culture of a city where a young man grew into a man, priest, a bishop-and an apostle towards the world.”

With stunning photographs by Stephen Weigel and notes over the city’s remarkable fabric by Carrie Gress, City of Saints provides an in-depth look at a guy and a city that made an indelible impression on the life and thought of the Catholic Church and the 21st century world.