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. Pope John Paul Ii

As the leader of the Roman Catholic church prepares to old a historic meeting with Cuban leader Fidel Castro, Liane Hansen is joined y author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Carl Bernstein to discuss his ew book, "His Holiness: John Paul the Second and the Hidden History of Our Time (Doubleday). Bernstein and co-author Marco Politi tell of an alleged "holy lliance" between the Pope and then-President Ronald Reagan to hasten the demise f communism in eastern Europe.

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