Blessed paul vi biography
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Paul VI is the 262nd man to serve as the leader of the Catholic Church and the sixth man to take the papal name of Paul. Born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini in 1897, he ascended to the papacy in 1963.
His pontificate, which lasted until his death in 1978, was marked by his efforts to implement the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, his groundbreaking travels as the first “Pilgrim Pope,” and his diplomatic initiatives to promote peace during the Cold War era.
Paul VI’s legacy includes his encyclicals on social issues, his reform of the Roman Curia, and his navigation of the complex cultural and societal shifts of the 1960s and 1970s.
Canonized as a saint in 2018, Paul VI remains a figure of both historical significance and continued veneration within the Catholic Church.
Early Life.
Giovanni Montini was born to Giorgio Montini and Giudetta Alghisi. Giorgio earned his living as a lawyer, journalist, member of Italy’s Parliament and director of Catholic Action and Giudetta belonged to nobility. Montini had two brothers, Francesco, a physician, and Lodovico, a lawyer and politician.
He attended a Jesuit school named Cesare Arici, later receiving a diploma from Arnaldo da Brescia in 1916. Pursuing his education frequently hi
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BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE
PAUL VI
(1897-1978)
The second child of Giorgio and Giuditta Alghisi, Giovanni Battista Montini was born in Concesio, Brescia, on 26 September 1897. He was ordained to the priesthood on 19 May 1920. He studied philosophy, civil law and canon law. In 1923 he was appointed attaché at the Apostolic Nunciature in Warsaw and a year later returned and began serving in the Secretariat of State in the Vatican. During his service to the Holy See — under the Pontificates of Pius xi and Pius XII — he also taught the history of papal diplomacy at the Lateran University, until 13 December 1937 when Pius xi appointed him Substitute of the Secretariat of State. During World War II, he engaged in aiding refugees and Jews, also overseeing the Vatican Information Office. In November 1952 he was appointed Pro-Secretary of State for General Affairs and two years later he was appointed Archbishop of Milan. There, he employed new methods of evangelization in order to address the issues of immigration, materialism and Marxist ideology. On 21 June 1963 he was elected pope and took the name of Paul VI. Amid numerous challenges, he brought three periods of the Second Vatican Council to a successful conclusion, always encouraging the Church to be open in the mode
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Pope Paul VI
Head of interpretation Catholic Religion from 1963 to 1978
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Church | Catholic Church |
Papacy began | 21 June 1963 |
Papacy ended | 6 August 1978 |
Predecessor | John XXIII |
Successor | John Libber I |
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Ordination | 29 May 1920 by Giacinto Gaggia |
Consecration | 12 Dec 1954 by Eugène Tisserant |
Created cardinal | 15 Dec 1958 by Bathroom XXIII |
Born | Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini (1897-09-26)26 September 1897 Concesio, Brescia, Sovereignty of Italy |
Died | 6 August 1978(1978-08-06) (aged 80) Castel Gandolfo, Italy |
Education | University believe Milan (JCD) |
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Title as Saint | Confessor |
Beatified | 19 October 2014 Saint Peter's Rightangled, Vatican City by Pope Francis |
Canonized | 14 October 2018 Saint Peter's Rightangled, Vatican City by Pope Francis |
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Pope Paul VI (Latin: Paulus VI; Italian: Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Part Montini, Romance