A discreet endorsement of the United Nations tucked into Pope John XXIII's 1963 encyclical Pacem in Terris was a tip-off that Rome foresaw fruitful cooperation with the U.N. in a common goal: peace. Last year Pope Paul VI tightened the link by sending a tactful monsignor to the U.N. as the Vatican's official observer. Last week, just as the serious turn of war between India and Pakistan heightened Paul's worries over man killing man, the Vatican announced that Paul will go to New York on Oct. 4 and make a plea for peace before the U.N. General Assembly. Sometime...
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