Pope Paul VI addresses the United Nations General Assembly. In his speech he calls for an end to war, and then is seen in a receiving line greeting heads of state and dignitaries.

In October 1965, Paul VI became the first pope to visit the United States. His trip included a first time papal visit to the United Nations. Other pastoral visits from previous popes are: ...

The first pontiff to set foot in the United States was Pope Paul VI, who made a one-day stop in New York to address the United Nations in 1965.

I follow in the footsteps of my predecessors Paul VI, in1965, John Paul II, in 1979 and 1995, and my most recent predecessor, now Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, in 2008.

In 1965, Pope Paul VI planned a trip to New York in order to address the then-relatively-new United Nations and urge peace, especially as conflict between India and Pakistan was heating up.

Last month Pope Francis became the fourth pope to visit the Americas. The first arrived 50 years ago today, when Pope Paul VI arrived in New York, where he attended a session of the United Nations ...

I follow in the footsteps of my predecessors Paul VI, in 1965, John Paul II, in 1979 and 1995, and my most recent predecessor, now Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, in 2008.

On this day 50 years ago Pope Paul VI became the first pope to visit and address the United Nations. It was on Oct. 4, 1965, the pontiff said: “No more war, war never again.” ...

I follow in the footsteps of my predecessors Paul VI, in1965, John Paul II, in 1979 and 1995, and my most recent predecessor, now Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, in 2008.

In 1963, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy had shaken the United States. Ahead of Pope Paul VI's visit to New York City in October of 1965, when he visited with President Lyndon B ...

While Blessed Paul VI is perhaps best known for his decisive 1968 encyclical on the regulation of birth, ... as no reigning pope had ever traveled to the United States. Tragically, however, ...