Jozsef Cardinal Mindszenty was the leading Churchman and Primate of the Catholic Church in Hungary from 1945 to 1973. For five decades he personified uncompromising opposition to fascism and communism in Hungary.
"The memoirs of Cardinal Mindszenty are enthralling, evidence of a
terrible time, to be set with Solzhenitsyn's tales of the Gulag.
The Cardinal was a hero for me as a teenager. He still is."
-- George Cardinal Pell, Emeritus Archbishop, Sydney, Australia;
Author, Prison Journal
"Cardinal Jozsef Mindszenty's memoirs are among the great Catholic
testimonies of the twentieth century, as the great Hungarian
martyr-confessor was one of the century's great Catholic
witnesses."
-- George Weigel, Distinguished Senior Fellow and Chair in Catholic
Studies, Ethics & Public Policy Center
"A precious and deeply moving testimony of a true Catholic hero and
martyr bishop, Hungary's greatest primate, Cardinal Mindszenty. He
was a shining example of a shepherd who did not flee from the
wolves but resisted, standing firmly on the ground of his faith and
embracing the cross. A must-read!"
-- Michael Hesemann, Ph.D., Historian and Author, The Pope and the
Holocaust
"Cardinal Mindszenty was one of the heroes of the Cold War. His
memoirs present a valuable picture of an era too easily forgotten
as well as a moving self-portrait by a brave, uncompromising leader
of the Church of Silence that struggled for survival behind the
Iron Curtain."
-- Russell Shaw, Author, Eight Popes and the Crisis of
Modernity
"If bishops worldwide were given a week-long sabbatical to read,
pray, and weep over this masterpiece of spiritual heroism, the long
wintertime of the Catholic Church would end. Cardinal Mindszenty's
startling memoirs expose what the Church's greatest martyrs have
done down the ages: give over their bodies to beatings,
imprisonment, and barbarism rather than betray Jesus Christ and the
people they shepherd. Memoirs is a must read for every clergy
member you know."
-- Kevin Wells, Author, Priest and Beggar: The Heroic Life of
Venerable Aloysius Schwartz
"Numerous books have been written about Cardinal Mindszenty. What a
gift it is to have his very own words to tell us about himself and
to learn of events lived by him and important to be known for an
honest account of history. Eventually abandoned by both the United
States and the Holy See, he evinces not a word of bitterness toward
either. Truly a man worthy of the honors of the altars. May they
come soon."
-- Reverend Peter Stravinskas, Ph.D., Editor, The Catholic Response
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