The papacy has been one of the strongest supporters of the UN since its formation. Beginning in the early 1960s the UN has granted to the Roman Catholic church a privileged position..( held by no other religion), that gives this church a voice in the international community regarding some of the most sensitive issues of our time.
Since the Vatican II Council in the 1960s, the papacy has been working with the U.N., the Wold Council of Churches and other politico-religious inter-faith bodies to bring about 'world unity of all churches', Christian AND non-Christian alike.
Pope Paul VI in the United Nations, who would speak to the UN
Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi... Permanent Observer of the Vatican to the Office of the United Nations
