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“Perhaps the Lord has called me and preserved me for this service not because I am particularly fit for it, or so that I can govern and rescue the Church from her present difficulties, but so that I can suffer something for the Church, and in that way it will be clear that he, and no other, is her guide and saviour”

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Pope Paul VI
Pope Paul VI

Pope Paul VI, born Giuseppe Montini, was the 262nd Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, serving from 1963 to 1978. His pontificate witnessed several significant reforms, including the implementation of the Second Vatican Council. more

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