I saw parts of it, too. As I recall, they pretty much jumped into the papacy years, with Regan. They said that Regan got his courage to deal with Gorbachev from JPII, who told him that Gorby would be willing to negotiate. It made me wonder how much bargaining His Holiness had been able to accomplish with the USSR through Gorby. It makes me wonder what kinds of agreements were made. We know that the Pope has been highly desirous of visiting Moscow, but that he has been unable to achieve that. Knowing the Ruskies, it is natural to ask what kind of incentives Gorby might have offered the Pope, or what offers went the other way. We saw the return of the Icon of Kazan, a public overture, but it came to no effect.
Bumping this for all to read today!