Italian publishing giant Mondadori announced Wednesday it is negotiating worldwide rights for Pope John Paul II’s new book, a recollection of his years as bishop in Poland.
The book will come out in Italy on his 84th birthday May 18 – a decade after the publication of John Paul’s heavily autobiographical “Crossing the Threshold of Hope,” which Mondadori said sold 20 million copies around the world.
“I wouldn’t be so sure that the latest book means an end to the pope’s writing career,” said John Paul’s spokesman, Joaquin Navarro-Valls, seated beside Mondadori executives at the book launch at a hotel.
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