Regarding Erika Bachiochi’s “John Paul II, the Feminist Pope” (Houses of Worship, March 14): When one thinks of a feminist, such names as Margaret Sanger, Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem ...

How St. John Paul II helped bring down the Berlin Wall: 35 years later. Pope John Paul II. ... The Berlin Wall stood from 1961 to 1989 as the most visible symbol of the Cold War division of Europe.

The impact of John Paul II’s role was acknowledged even by secular leaders. Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl recalled a decisive moment during the Pope’s 1996 visit to reunified Berlin.

Pope John Paul II is a symbol of Poland’s regaining of independence and of breaking free from the Russian sphere of influence, which was noted on numerous occasions in speeches by world leaders ...