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St. Paul VI
In 1968 Pope Paul VI appeared in Geneva to address the International Labour Organization on the 50th anniversary of its founding.
St. Paul VI made his first apostolic journey as pope in January 1964, when he undertook a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. This historic trip was highlighted by his meeting with the Greek Orthodox patriarch of Constantinople, Athenagoras, in Jerusalem.1