From Deep Throat to the Vatican: Mr. Bernstein's latest book, His Holiness Pope John Paul II and the Hidden History of Our Time, co-authored with Marco Politi, chronicles the secret collaboration between President Reagan and Pope John Paul II. This is a fascinating story, beginning with the first meeting of the President and the Pope in June of 1981, while each was recovering from the assassination attempt on him. As Mr. Bernstein recounts here, "Reagan said to the Pope: 'Look how God has saved us for a special task in the East.' And the Pope agreed." CB: "This Pope, with all his spirituality, with his mysticism and the fact that he wanted to be a barefoot Carmelite monk, nonetheless thinks also in the language of geopolitics. And this is the source of his greatness--the ability to do both."