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A Pope's Long Stand Against Communism NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports on the role Pope John Paul II played in the fall of communism.
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A Pope's Long Stand Against Communism

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A Pope's Long Stand Against Communism

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NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports on the role Pope John Paul II played in the fall of communism.