United Nations And The New Age - Way of Life Literature
United Nations And The New Age - Way of Life Literature
United Nations And The New Age - Way of Life Literature
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UN and Rome<strong>The</strong>re is a close association between the Roman CatholicChurch and the <strong>United</strong> <strong>Nations</strong>. <strong>The</strong> RCC is representedin many NGOs, and the Catholic popes are honored bythe UN.Dag Hammarskjöld said that there are two popes onearth, a spiritual pope in Rome and a civilian pope in<strong>New</strong> York, the Secretary General <strong>of</strong> the UN (<strong>New</strong>Genesis, p. 101).U Thant was in “constant spiritual communion” withPope Paul VI (p. 101).In 1965, history was made when Pope Paul VI visited the<strong>United</strong> <strong>Nations</strong> and spoke to the General Assembly.When the pope was shown a reproduction <strong>of</strong> the painting<strong>The</strong> Prince <strong>of</strong> Peace, which depicts Jesus knocking at theUN building, he said: “Jesus is already inside the UNbuilding” (<strong>New</strong> Genesis, p. 113).Pope John Paul II addressed the <strong>United</strong> <strong>Nations</strong> twice,first in 1979 and again in 1995, on the occasion <strong>of</strong> its50th anniversary.65
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