Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-032-001
This folder contains correspondence collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, with and concerning Pope Paul VI. Materials primarily concern the Coronation of Pope Paul VI on June 21, 1963 and President Kennedy's visit with the Pope in Vatican City on July 2, 1963. Of note is a letter from Pope Paul VI to President Kennedy thanking him for sending a delegation from the United States to the Coronation; the original remarks from which the Pope read at his audience with the President; a letter from the Pope to the President officially announcing his election as Pope; and a handwritten letter from the Archbishop of Boston Richard James Cardinal Cushing to President concerning the President's visit with the Pope. This folder contains some foreign language materials.