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A vision of peace – how ‘Pacem in Terris’ helped change the world

Friday, April 12th, 2013

‘Pacem in Terris’ was born in the mind of Blessed John XXIII in the fall of 1962 during the Cuban missile crisis, when he served as a back channel between President John F. Kennedy and the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, urging dialogue to end the most dangerous confrontation of the cold war. For the pope, Read more

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Pacem in Terris in tune with modern thinking says Wikipedia founder

Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is calling Pope John XXIII’s encyclical Pacem in Terris, “a great thing.” “I would say what struck me about it was how modern it is and how in tune it is with modern thinking,” Wales told CNA. Wales, who is not a Catholic, is in Rome as a guest of the Read more

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