“Washington sits on a substratum of Catholic conservatism that few people who aren’t from here understand.”: Expect to soon learn that Karl Rove is both a Catholic and the shadow pope–as he was during the PJPII papacy. All this about JPII’s role in ending Communism? Sure, but it was all a work-up to the Bush 43 and the neocon hawk patriot act tyranny years. Stay tuned is all I say.