Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev wrote an article about Pope John Paul II for the Vatican newspaper L'’osservatore Romano on the eve of may 18 – 100th anniversary of the birth of leader of the Roman Catholic Church, reports RIA "news".
Exclusive article Gorbachev will be in L'’osservatore Romano on may 18. The material will be called "It remains our contemporary". In the text we will talk about their first meeting, which was held in late 1989 in the Vatican. Also, Gorbachev tells that he believes Pope John Paul II’s historic identity, as the figure left a bright trace in the memory of Russian politics.
