The Divine Plan
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Communism & Socialism, International, International Relations, History, Modern, 20th Century
| Author: | Paul Kengor, Robert Orlando | ISBN: | 9781504058896 |
| Publisher: | Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ORD) | Publication: | June 11, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Intercollegiate Studies Institute | Language: | English |
| Author: | Paul Kengor, Robert Orlando |
| ISBN: | 9781504058896 |
| Publisher: | Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ORD) |
| Publication: | June 11, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Intercollegiate Studies Institute |
| Language: | English |
Just six weeks apart in the spring of 1981, Pope John Paul II and President Ronald Reagan took bullets from would-be assassins. Few knew it at the time, but both men came close to dying.
Surviving these near-death experiences created a singular bond between the pope and the president that historians have failed to appreciate.
When John Paul II and Reagan met in the Vatican only a year later, they confided to each other a shared conviction: that God had spared their lives for a reason.
That reason? To defeat communism.
In private, Reagan had a name for this: the “DP”—the Divine Plan.
Just six weeks apart in the spring of 1981, Pope John Paul II and President Ronald Reagan took bullets from would-be assassins. Few knew it at the time, but both men came close to dying.
Surviving these near-death experiences created a singular bond between the pope and the president that historians have failed to appreciate.
When John Paul II and Reagan met in the Vatican only a year later, they confided to each other a shared conviction: that God had spared their lives for a reason.
That reason? To defeat communism.
In private, Reagan had a name for this: the “DP”—the Divine Plan.
