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September 28, 2018

The Register Archives: Pope takes a quick bite out of Big Apple

Pope Paul VI makes a special appeal for world peace in 1965 at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

Pope Paul VI made papal history on Oct. 4, 1965, becoming the first pontiff to ever leave Europe and the first to leave Italy since 1809. His destination (heöÏÓãÊÓƵapp also the first to travel by plane) was New York City, where he spent a grand total of 14 hours on the ground. He packed a lot into the quick trip, including a meeting with President Lyndon Johnson and a speech to the United Nations. HereöÏÓãÊÓƵapp a report in the Oct. 9, 1965 issue of The Register on part of Pope PaulöÏÓãÊÓƵapp historic visit.

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