In an email:

Heard a couple of times that as Ronald Reagan was watching the Pope travel through Poland in 1979 he immediately recognized that it was the fault line in Soviet Empire and actually teared up. My question to you or you learned brethen: It struck me that there has been no mention of Carter – who was only president at the time – when discussing this trip. What was his (or his administration’s) reaction to the trip? Did he have any clue as to what it meant? I would think if he did the MSM would be all over it — but the silence is deafening.

How did Carter respond to the Pope’s trip to Poland? I just plain don’t remember. Do any of our erudite readers?