“In his usual elegant but cautious style, Quinn takes seriously Pope John Paul II’s request that there be dialogue on how we could change the way he functions as pope, so that the papacy would become less of an obstacle to the ecumenical movement . . . Because of the serious way Quinn treats his material and the thoughtfulness and respect with which it is presented, I feel that this book will be much quoted for decades to come, somewhat like Cardinal Newman’s On Consulting the Faithful in Matters of Doctrine.”