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Pacem in Terris After 60 Years

AFPPope John XXIII (C) signing he encyclical “Pacem in Terris”, in his private library, on April 9, 1963 in Rome. On the left, Cardinal Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, state secretary of the Vatican.

COMMENTARY: Pope St. John XXIII’s noble vision in practice inadequately considered the obstacles to that vision’s realization.