Two “Popes” to Speak for the World: The Pope and the United Nations Secretary General in World Politics

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Popes since 1945	UNSGs since 1945
Pius XII (1939–1958)	Trygve Lie (1946–1952)
St. John XXIII (1958–1963)	Dag Hammarskjöld (1953–1961)
Paul VI (1963–1978)	U Thant (1961–1971)
John Paul I (1978)	Kurt Waldheim (1972–1981)
St. John Paul II (1978–2005)	Javier Perez de Cuellar (1982–1991)
Benedict XVI (2005–2013)	Boutros Boutros-Ghali (1993–1996)
Francis (2013–)	Kofi Annan (1997–2006)
	Ban Ki-Moon (2007–2016)
	António Gutierrez (2017–)