Fox Nation explores how Reagan and John Paul II’s unlikely alliance helped topple the Iron Curtain

Behind the closed doors of the Vatican Library, two of the most consequential leaders of the 20th century met face to face for the first time.

They came from opposite ends of the world — President Ronald Reagan, raised in the small town of Dixon, Illinois, and Pope John Paul II, forged in the crucible of communist-ruled Poland — yet they shared a singular, almost providential mission: to help bring down the Iron Curtain.

"Reagan need[ed] major allies in his attempt to peaceably win...