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“Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows.” - Pope Paul VI

“The world calls for and expects from us simplicity of life, the spirit of prayer, charity towards all, especially towards the lowly and the poor, obedience and humility... Without this mark of holiness, our word will have difficulty in touching the heart of modern man. It risks being vain and sterile.” - Pope Paul VI

On October 19th, 2014 will formally declare Pope Paul VI “Blessed,” http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Blog/3401/giving_pope_paul_vi_his_due.aspx

Pope Paul VI –1963-1978

Pope Paul Vl, the pilgrim pope, died at his summer residence in on , 1978, the feast of the Transfiguration. He asked that his funeral be simple with no catafalque (a raised and decorated platform on which the coffin of a distinguished person lies in state) and no monument over his grave. He asked that he be buried in real earth with a humble marker indicting the place and asking for Christian mercy. http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/biography/documents/hf_p-vi_bio_16071997_biography_en.html

The – Pope Paul VI (1963-1978)

Pope Paul VI was born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini on September 26th, 1897. He succeeded St. John XXIII as pope on June 21st, 1963 until his death on August 6th, 1978. Upon his election to the papacy, he took the name Paul VI to indicate a renewed worldwide mission to spread the message of Christ. He re-convoked the , which was automatically suspended with the death of John XXIII and gave it priority and direction. He committed himself to a continuation of the work begun by John XXIII with the opening of the Second Vatican Council. Pope Paul VI was one of the most travelled in history and the first to visit five continents. http://saltandlighttv.org/blog/saints-and-blesseds/possible-beatification-of-the-servant-of-god-pope-paul-vi 262nd Pontiff (1963-1978) Giovanni Battista Montini was Pope Paul VI born on September 26, 1897, was a strong at in of a supporter of wealthy family. His father collegiality, the was a non-practicing lawyer collective turned editor and a responsibility courageous promoter of the of all the Social Movement. bishops under the pope for Pope Paul VI was a frail but the general welfare of the intelligent child who received Church. Throughout the his early education from the pontificate of Pope Paul VI the Jesuits near his home in tension between papal . Even after entering primacy and the collegiality of the in 1916, Pope the episcopacy was a source Paul VI lived at home of conflict. because of his health. On , 1965, Pope Paul VI was ordained Pope Paul VI announced the a priest on May 29, 1920, establishment of the Synod of and was sent to Rome to Bishops called for by the study at Gregorian University Council fathers. Celibacy, and the University of Rome. removed from the debate of In 1922 Pope Paul VI the fourth session of the transferred to the Accademia Council, was made the subject dei Nobili Ecclesiastici to of an , June 24, study diplomacy while 1967; the regulation of birth continuing his canon law was treated in studies at Gregorian July 24, 1968, his last University. encyclical. The controversies over these two Pope Paul VI went to pronouncements tended to Warsaw as attaché of the overshadow the last years of nunciature, but due to the Pope Paul VI's pontificate. effect of the severe Polish winters on his health, Pope Those who knew Pope Paul Paul VI was recalled to Rome VI describe him as a brilliant just one year later in 1924. man, deeply spiritual, humble, and gentle, a man of "infinite Having obtained his degree in courtesy." His successful canon law, Pope Paul VI conclusion of Vatican II has was assigned to the office of left its mark on the history of the Secretariat of State the Church. where he remained for the next thirty years. History will also record his well received address to the Pope Paul VI was named United Nations in 1965, his chaplain to the Federation of encyclical Populorum Italian Catholic University progressio (1967), his second Students (FUCI), a decisive great social letter, Octogesima assignment vital to his future adveniens (1971), and his relations with the founders of , the post-war Christian , his last Democratic Party. In 1937 major pronouncement which Pope Paul VI was named touched on the conception of Substitute for liberation and salvation. Affairs. Pope Paul VI supported all A real danger to the papacy efforts for social advancement existed during World War II. in the emerging nations of the Some believed that the Third World. Pope Paul VI's Germans would take the first papal visit was to the pope and his chief aides United Nations headquarters north. Throughout this in New York on , period, Pope Paul VI 1965, and he was the first organized extensive relief pope to visit all five work and directed the care of continents, and the first since political refugees and Peter to visit the Holy prisoners of war. Land.

In 1953 Pope Paul VI was Pope Paul VI will be appointed Archbishop of remembered for his work without the title of toward the reunion of all cardinal. He took possession Christians, his reaching out to of his new See on January 5, the multitudes of non- 1955, and soon became Christian religions, his known as the "Archbishop of internationalizing the Roman the Workers." Curia and his untiring work for peace. Pope Paul VI had an Pope Paul VI revitalized the exceptional capacity for work Archdiocese of Milan, which lasted until the end. preached the social message of the , worked to win Pope Paul VI died on the back the working class, Feast of the Transfiguration, promoted Catholic education August 6, 1978, at the pope's at every level, and supported summer residence in Castel the Catholic press. Worldwide Gandolfo. Pope Paul VI attention was given to the requested a simple funeral Archbishop of Milan because with no catafalque (a raised of his strong impact on the and decorated platform on revitalization of Milan. which the coffin of a distinguished person lies in Pope Paul VI was appointed state) and no monument over to the Central Preparatory his grave. Commission for Vatican II and also to the Technical ««« Vatican and Popes Organizational Commission. http://www.culturalcatholic.com/vatican.htm Pope Paul VI was elected pope on , 1963, with a determination to hold firm to basic Catholic teaching on faith.