FILE PHOTO OF FORMER PRESIDENT REAGAN MEETING POPE JOHN PAUL II

President Ronald W. Reagan meets with Pope John Paul II at the Vatican June 6, 1987. Reagan, 93, died June 5 at his home in Bel Air, Calif., after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. The pontiff paid tribute to Reagan, noting his important role in the fall of European communism. (CNS file photo) (June 9, 2004) See POPE-REAGAN (UPDATED) June 8, 2004.