“When Dr. Jérôme Lejeune, the most renowned geneticist in the world, took his stand for the unborn child, he became a pariah, shunned by his elite ‘friends,’ defamed in the press, and deprived of funding for his research. How did he persevere to earn John Paul II’s description of him as ‘a great Christian of the twentieth century’? This engaging book shows that Jérôme Lejeune, as husband and father, drew his strength from faith and family.” — Charles E. Rice, University of Notre Dame

“Jérôme Lejeune was one of the greatest Catholic men of the twentieth century. To Pope John Paul II he was a valued personal friend. To medical researchers (honest ones, at least), he was an esteemed colleague who should have won a Nobel Prize. But to his own children he remained first and foremost a loving and beloved father. Seeing him here in that role, we learn more about the great public man.” — Philip Lawler, Editor, Catholic World Report

“Life Is a Blessing gives us a glance at Jérôme Lejeune from the perspective of a devoted father, a family man. His scientific accomplishments are not to be understood apart from this. Dr. Lejeune lived this truth. This book helps its readers do the same.” — Fr. Frank Pavone, Director, Priests for Life