George Weigel

George Weigel
Born	(1951-04-17) 17 April 1951 (age 74) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Education	St. Mary's Seminary and University (BA) University of Toronto (MA)
Genre	Essayist; public policy
Spouse	Joan

George Weigel (born 1951) is an American Catholic neoconservative author, political analyst, and social activist. He currently serves as a distinguished senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Weigel was the founding president of the James Madison Foundation. He is the author of a best-selling biography of Pope John Paul II, Witness to Hope, and Tranquillitas Ordinis: The Present Failure and Future Promise of American Catholic Thought on War and Peace.