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Pope John Paul II and Ronald Reagan stop communism illustration by The Washington Times

When Pope John Paul II and Ronald Reagan engineered the collapse of communism

By Scott Walker

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2011 file photo, Cuba's Cardinal Jaime Ortega celebrates a Mass, in Havana. Cuba's Roman Catholic Church said Friday, July 26, 2019, the former archbishop of Havana who helped organize the first papal visit to communist Cuba has died. Ortega was 83. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano, File)

Cardinal Ortega, former archbishop of Havana, dies at 82

By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ and PETER ORSI - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘A Pope and a President’ by Paul Kengor

By Fred J. Eckert

Book jacket: "A Pope and a President: John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, and The Extraordinary Untold Story of the 20th Century"

BOOK REVIEW: Reagan, Pope John Paul II outsmart Soviet communism

By Fred J. Eckert

This is a Sunday, April 18, 2010 photo of The Wawel castle in Krakow, southern Poland. Pope Francis is coming to southern Poland from July 27-31 to meet with young people from around the globe who gather for the World Youth Day, which is being held July 25-31. Pope Francis will visit the castle during the visit. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Castles and death camps: Sites the pope will see in Poland

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

One of hundreds of letters that Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, later Pope John Paul II sent to a Polish-American philosopher during the 32 years of joint work and friendship between the two, now kept at the National Library in Warsaw, Poland, on Tuesday, 16 Feb. 2016. The library bought hundreds of letters for a &#8220;seven-digit&#8221; amount in 2008 from the woman, the Polish-born American thinker Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, and is planning to have them published in the coming years. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Letters between John Paul II and a woman? Not so secret, actually

Catholic News Agency

Illustration on why the Pope should embrace Cuban political dissidents by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

GEORGE PHILLIPS: Advancing human rights in Cuba

By George Phillips