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Pope Paul VI became the first pope to visit six continents. He was also the first pontiff to travel on an airplane, visit the Holy Land on pilgrimage, and travel outside of Italy in a century. He travelled more widely than any of his predecessors, earning the nickname "the Pilgrim Pope".
Saint Paul VI, Italian pope during a period including most of the Second Vatican Council and the immediate postconciliar era, in which he issued directives and guidance to a changing Roman Catholic Church.
The Holy See Pontiffs Paul VI [ AR - DE - EN - ES - FR - IT - PT] Paul VI ... 262nd Pope of the Catholic Church Beginning Pontificate: 21,30.VI.1963: End Pontificate: 6.VIII.1978: Secular Name: Giovanni Battista Montini: Birth: Concesio (Brescia) Website:
Oct 14, 2018 · Pope Paul VI served as the Bishop of Rome from 1963-1978. He was canonized by Pope Francis on October 14, 2018. He is buried among the papal tombs under St. Peter’s Basilica. His feast day is May 29.
Paul VI began the practice of Apostolic Journeys beginning with the Holy Land, where his historic meeting with Athenagoras took place. His first encyclical, Ecclesiam Suam (1964), gave rise to the method of “the dialogue of salvation”.
Sep 26, 2022 · Pope Saint Paul VI helped prepare for the Second Vatican Council, and was the one to complete it after the death of his predecessor, Pope Saint John XXIII. In 1965, he instituted the Synod of Bishops, and spoke to the United Nations General Assembly during a historic visit to New York City.
In an effort to answer this fundamental question, Paul VI undertook a series of apostolic journeys that were unparalleled occasions for a pope to set foot on every continent. His first journey was a pilgrimage to the Holy Land (January 1964), highlighted by his historic meeting with the Greek Orthodox patriarch of Constantinople, Athenagoras ...
Mar 8, 2018 · Pope Francis through a Decree of Promulgation on Wednesday, has confirmed the Canonization of Blessed Paul VI. Blessed Pope Paul VI, Giovanni Battista Montini, was elected as Successor of Peter on the 21st June 1963 and died on the 6th August 1978.
May 21, 2018 · Paul VI (1897-1978) became pope of the Roman Catholic Church in 1963. He reigned during a period of great change and ferment in the Church following the Second Vatican Council. The future pope was born Giovanni Battista Montini at Concesio (Lombardy), Italy, on September 26, 1897.
Aug 6, 2018 · Blessed Pope Paul VI who died on August 6, 1978, will be declared a saint on October 14. On the occasion of his 40 death anniversary, his postulator, Fr. Antonio Marrazzo spoke to Vatican News about the late pontiff’s legacy.
