October 4th marked the 60th anniversary of a historic event: Pope Paul VI addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York. It’s often forgotten that Paul VI was the first Pope to travel to various places around the world: the first Pope to visit Asia, Africa, North and South America. He made ten pastoral visits outside Italy in his 15-year pontificate. (Pope John Paul II would make 104 trips, but Paul VI was the pioneer of global papal travel.)
Sixty years ago, the Pope came to the United Nations to proclaim to leaders of the world the desperate need for peace. As Vatican Media’s post indicates, “these words are more urgent than ever.”
