In addition to
• The Bible http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/bible/
• The Catechism of the Catholic Church http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/index.shtml
I recommend:
• Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
• Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton
• Letters to a Young Catholic by George Weigel
• Crossing The...
Pope John Paul II is mentioned 36 time but only in the Prologue and the footnotes: http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/6B.HTM
This is because over his 28 years as Pope, John Paul wrote many Church documents which are w referenced in the Catechism. He wrote
+ 14 Encyclicals
+ 15 Apostolic...