Crossing the Threshold of Hope Pope John Paul II * Front Matter * How This Book Came To Be * "The Pope": A Scandal and a Mystery * Praying: How and Why * How Does The Pope Pray? * Does God Really Exist? * "Proof": Is It Still Valid? * If God Exists, Why Is He Hiding? * Is Jesus the Son of God? * What Has Become of the "History of Salvation"? * The Centrality of Salvation * Why Is There So Much Evil In The World? * Why Does God Tolerate Suffering? * What Does "To Save" Mean? * Why So Many Religions? * Buddha? * Muhammad? * Judaism? * A Minority by the Year 2000 * What Is The "New Evangelization" * Is There Really Hope In The Young? * Was God at Work in the Fall of Communism? * Is Only Rome Right? * In Search of Lost Unity * Why Divided? * The Church and the Council * A "Dialogue of Salvation" * A Qualitative Renewal * The Reaction of the "World" * Does "Eternal Life" Exist? * What is the Use of Believing? * Human Rights * The Defense of Every Life * The Mother of God * Women * "Be Not Afraid" * Crossing the Threshold of Hope