The world’s largest book fair, Frankfurter Buchmesse, once again opened its doors from October 15–19, 2025, in Frankfurt, Germany—welcoming dreamers, storytellers, and innovators from around the globe. Known as the beating heart of the publishing world, this grand event gathers more than 7,500 exhibitors from over 100 countries, along with an expected 280,000 attendees and 10,000 media professionals. It’s not just a fair—it’s a global celebration of literature, culture, and creativity.
This year’s fair promises to be extraordinary, with over 4,000 seminars and roundtable discussions spotlighting the future of books and storytelling. From bold new voices to legendary authors, the Frankfurt Book Fair 2025 continues to serve as the ultimate hub for discovering fresh perspectives and timeless tales.
This year’s Guest of Honour—Philippines—adds even more vibrance to the event, presenting its rich literary tradition and cultural heritage. With an array of thought-provoking works and captivating stories, the 2025 Frankfurter Buchmesse promises to be a celebration of imagination without borders.
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As the fair celebrates another successful year of bringing together the brightest minds in publishing, Citi of Books proudly joins the festivities at the 77th Frankfurter Buchmesse, showcasing inspiring titles from its talented authors. Among the featured works in the Book Gallery is “Pope Paul VI and His Quest for Peace: 1963-1978 Volume One: “Never Again War!” by Rev. John F. Touhey, PhD—a compelling religious biography of Pope Paul VI, who transformed the Vatican’s role in world affairs by placing peace at the heart of Catholic social teaching. Often overlooked in modern Church history, Paul VI is rediscovered here as a visionary moral leader whose papacy reshaped Catholic engagement with war, diplomacy, and justice.
Fr. John F. Tuohey, a retired priest of the Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts. He was ordained in 1981 after completing his seminary studies at the American College of the Immaculate Conception at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Louvain, Belgium. Tuohey earned his PhD in religious studies from the same university in 1986. His doctoral dissertation addressed ethical issues in palliative and hospice care. He went on to teach moral theology as an associate professor at The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC until 1996.
After a short stint as a corporate ethicist with the Mercy Health System Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, he went on to Oregon to assume a newly established Andrew and Beverly Honzel Chair in Applied Health Care Ethics at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, Portland, in 1998 where he also founded and was the first director of the Providence Center for Health Care Ethics. He returned to the diocese in 2017 and in 2021 retired as pastor from St. Charles Borromeo parish in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
What happens when a pope dares to speak against the tide of global power?
“A Pope’s Search for Peace: Paul VI 1963–1978” by John F. Tuohey offers a deeply researched first volume, Never Again War!, commemorates the 60th anniversary of Paul VI’s groundbreaking 1965 address to the United Nations General Assembly, where he boldly proclaimed: “Never again one against the other! Never again war!” The book explores his unprecedented visit to New York, his historic meeting with President Lyndon Johnson, and the ethical stance that led him to challenge U.S. bombing strategy in Vietnam. His condemnation was so direct that the U.S. State Department described his views as “unbalanced.”
Tuohey reveals how Paul VI, inheriting what he called the “hornet’s nest” of Vatican II, guided the Church toward a new attitude on war, nuclear deterrence, and conscientious objection. The narrative follows his pivotal role in initiating the Paris Peace Talks and shaping Church doctrine through moral leadership, not neutrality.
Blending theology, international relations, and personal history, A Pope’s Search for Peace is essential reading for those interested in Catholic social thought, religious diplomacy, and papal influence on modern peace movements.
This is not just the story of a pope. It is the return of a forgotten voice who still speaks with power to our fractured world.
Ideal for readers of religious biography, Vatican II history, Catholic social teaching, papal diplomacy, and the ethics of war.
Join the rediscovery of Paul VI’s legacy and his enduring call to peace.
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