[big'ol_freeper]

Very interesting post. Never thought about the Soviets imitating Church hierarchy.

[BlackElk]

In addition to The Final Conclave, Fr. Martin also wrote The Keys of This Blood, a non-fiction work expanding on the concept and showing the centrality of John Paul II's personal life and experiences and the history of Poland and the Polish Roman catholic Church as keys to the Church's final attack on the USSR; and two more books, both by still living (and relatively youthful) Professor George Weigel's The Final Revolution: The Resistance Church and the Fall of Communism; and Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II. Weigel, formerly a philosophy professor and now a truly Catholic theologian, had formerly been an enthusiast of George McGovern until brought to his senses many years ago. Enjoy!