Vatikanische Ostpolitik und die DDR

The harsh critique on the private audience for the Adschubeys – daughter and son in law of Nikita Khrushchev – on 7th March 1963 was met by John XXIII with a simple, but explosive phrase: "Such a little blessing doesn''t do any harm". At that time, Msg. Agostino Casaroli, the so-called architect of the Vatican Ostpolitik, was in Vienna. During an UN-conference about diplomatic relationships he met...