Posts Tagged ‘Pope John’

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