text: "The United States and the global Catholic church are in some ways “parallel empires,” says church historian Massimo Faggioli. “The state of their relationship says something about the state of international affairs.”"
  
  President Reagan and JPII certainly understood they were representing parallel empires and the collusion proved fateful for many a country.  I'm sure Bannon has informed Trump of this history and it's ability to foster US Imperialism in Catholic countries.   Pope Francis is well experienced in that fact.