Well, he may not be the Pope--as he would tell you himself--but he has certainly done more than anybody here--save the Robinsons--to elevate conservativism.
I don't know that he has done more than a few people who post here. Obviously as a public person he trumps me, or you, or anyone who isn't in the public eye.
However, to give him equal stature to the Pope in the fight against communism is going over the top, and I am not a Catholic.