[RnMomof7]

The former pope, not the current one, who, as has been pointed out already, was more concerned with dealing with communism and, in coalition with Reagan and Thatcher, was quite successful.

Yea we all know politics is more important than honoring false gods..

[Dr. Eckleburg]

And anyone who thinks either Thatcher or JPII actually had much input into bringing down the Berlin Wall or Communism has bought into the comic book version of history.

American might has always spread the accolades around, but that is done to prevent the world from thinking the only super power left in this world actually runs the planet.

Which it has done since 1947, if not a century before.

Thank God. While not perfect, it's preferable to the alternatives.