That was Pope John Paul II.
Reagan and Pope John Paul II were the two people most responsible for the collapse of the Soviet Union that soon led to Poland's independence.
The ones that strike me are on Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul 2nd.
Pope John Paul II worked as a priest, then bishop and cardinal in Poland. When he was elected pope he then worked for over 26 years in Vatican City.
Many people give credit to Ronald Reagan, when he climbed up on the Berlin Wall and personally kicked it down brick by brick while under fire from the East German Stasi. Though Pope John Paul II and Ronald Reagan will be remembered as the pope and the president who defeated Communism, the exact nature of their relationship has remained elusive. The documentary record is incomplete, but clues to the answer may be found in formerly top-secret National Security Council files, now available at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California. These materials reveal, often in granular detail, how the U.S. Vatican relationship evolved during Reagan's first term. The documents describe the first contacts between the pope and the president; nuclear brinksmanship and disarmament; the Solidarity crisis in Poland; and Vice President George Bush's private 1984 meeting with the pope.
Ronald Pope died in 1997.
Ronald Pope was born in 1920.
When he was elected pope he was from Poland which was a Communist nation at the time. He worked to destroy Communism and under his reign the USSR collapsed.
Pope John Paul II and President Ronald Reagan were the two individuals who are largely responsible for the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Yes, he was the first and, to date, only pope from Poland.
If you are talking about the past Pope, he lived in Poland. If you are talking about the past Pope, he lived in Poland. If you are talking about the past Pope, he lived in Poland. If you are talking about the past Pope, he lived in Poland.
Pope John Paul II was the first from Poland. He served from October 1978 to April 2005.
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