JPII never went to Russia because the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox church wouldn't stand for it. No point trying to sugar coat that one. It was something JPII desperately wanted to do, but was never allowed to do by the Russians themselves. The Russian government could have chosen to override the objections of the Russian Orthodox hierarchy, but they didn't.

So, apparently it is just a coincidence that the history of the US government is Protestant then? And even though Quakers and Evangelical Lutherans ARE all Protestants, we shouldn't "lump them together" and call them by what their religion is?

Are our learned contributors here suggesting there really is no such thing as Protestant Christianity, and that there has never been any anti-Catholic bigotry behind the domination by the Protestants in the US government?