The death of John F. Kennedy – a strategy of peace

16 November 2023, The Tablet

A week after the death of Pope John XXIII, in a remarkable speech echoing many of the themes of his last encyclical, Pacem in Terris, the President of the United States switched from cold warrior to peacemaker. Five months later, on 22 November 1963, he was assassinated.

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