“Do not be afraid. Open wide the doors for Christ.”—Pope John Paul II. By the time Pope John Paul II first spoke the words that became a hallmark of his papacy—“Do not be afraid!”—he had long since learned the secret to fearlessness: absolute trust in God. While still a young man, he endured the death of his entire family, the daily horrors of World War II in his native Poland and the ensuing communist regime when the Soviet Union absorbed Poland after the war. As Meet John Paul II makes clear, the gospel truths that sustained this hero of the faith are available to readers as well. A Servant Book.