[hunter112]

President Reagan was particularly good about reaching the Catholic people by going around their leaders (who were decrying the military buildup that defeated communism, Christianity's greatest enemy) straight to the people, and he utilized the K of C to great benefit in this regard.

I hope that some Catholic bishops and cardinals who still consider a pro-abortion voting Rat can still be a good Catholic are gone around this year, too!

[cpforlife.org]

Good points.

However there was one Catholic leader in particular that President Reagan did not have to "go around". Pope John Paul II was a critical factor in the defeat of Soviet Communism. I have read that Reagan Thatcher and JP II were the three indispensables to what happened and how .