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**"For the Pope, Reagan had been … an instrument in the hands of God." The feeling was mutual. According to a number of sources, the two men confided in one another that they believed God had spared their lives for a special mission, which they came to see as the defeat of godless communism in the Soviet bloc.**
Powerful!
A few days ago, and article appeared in some publication that spoke of Reagan's Father, and his Catholicism. Apparently, Mr. Reagn refused to allow his children to view some racist documentary being promulagated at the time. That forced me to flash back to my Beloved Fr. Wrigley, who went into the local migrant camps and brought forth the children of these migrant workers and placed them in our classrooms at St. Joseph's, to be educated along with the rest of the children in the Community.
My Catholic Church taught me from the earliest age, that we were in fact all created equal in the eyes of the Lord. The Catholic Church is a mighty institution that needs its flock to remain faithful more than ever.