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“Pope John Paul II and Ronald Reagan were preserved through this suffering for a high purpose. I don’t think you’ll understand either one of them without understanding that.” —Bishop Robert Barron in 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. In this follow-up to Paul Kengor’s acclaimed bestseller A Pope and a President, Kengor teams up with writer-director Robert Orlando to shed new light on the extraordinary bond between John Paul II and Ronald Reagan, and how that bond drove the pope and the president to confront communism. Shorter and more focused than A Pope and a President, The Divine Plan also boasts an even greater range of authorities to fill in the picture. Kengor and Orlando interview more than a dozen experts, including well-known historians Douglas Brinkley, H. W. Brands, Anne Applebaum, John O’Sullivan, and Craig Shirley; the leading biographer of John Paul II, George Weigel; close Reagan adviser Richard V. Allen; and Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Bishop Robert Barron.

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"Praise for Paul Kengor's bestseller A Pope and a President""Kengor breaks new ground. He shows the depth of [John Paul II and Reagan's] friendship."" --World magazine, naming A Pope and a President a Book of the Year finalist""Kengor delves in depth into the most remarkable partnership ever to dismantle an evil empire."" --The Stream Advance praise for Robert Orlando's documentary film The Divine Plan""A wonderful new documentary . . . The Divine Plan is a reminder of the type of leadership our country sorely needs."" --Townhall ""Recommended to anyone interested in the history of the Cold War and all who doubt the power of faith to move world events."" --The Daily Wire"

Praise for Paul Kengor's bestseller A Pope and a President Kengor breaks new ground. He shows the depth of [John Paul II and Reagan's] friendship. --World magazine, naming A Pope and a President a Book of the Year finalist Kengor delves in depth into the most remarkable partnership ever to dismantle an evil empire. --The Stream Advance praise for Robert Orlando's documentary film The Divine Plan A wonderful new documentary . . . The Divine Plan is a reminder of the type of leadership our country sorely needs. --Townhall Recommended to anyone interested in the history of the Cold War and all who doubt the power of faith to move world events. --The Daily Wire

Author Information

Paul Kengor, PhD, is the New York Times bestselling author of A Pope and a President, God and Ronald Reagan, 11 Principles of a Reagan Conservative, Dupes, The Communist, and other books. A professor of political science and the executive director of the Center for Vision and Values at Grove City College, he writes regularly for publications ranging from the New York Times to the Wall Street Journal to Political Science Quarterly. Kengor has appeared on Fox News, MSNBC, NPR, C-SPAN, and many other outlets. Robert Orlando is an award-winning writer and filmmaker. The founder of Nexus Media, he has been involved in the production, development, or release of more than a dozen film and documentary projects. Sony Pictures released his most recent documentary, Silence Patton. Orlando wrote and directed the companion documentary to be released in conjunction with The Divine Plan.

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