Luigi Accattoli carefully outlines one of the most important themes of John Paul II's pontificate, repentance for the sins of the Church. He reveals that John Paul II has publicly admitted Church culpability 94 times, on topics ranging from the inquisition to the treatment of women. He invites the individual reader and the people of God as a whole to take to heart the Pope's ecclesial examination of conscience and humbly prepare for a new millennium where the Catholic faith can be the chief catalyst for reconciliation and peace.