Pope Paul VI visited in 1965, and Pope John Paul II visited in 1979 and 1995.
Pope Paul VI undertook the last major reform of the Vatican bureaucracy in 1967.
It seems, like Celestine V and maybe even Paul VI, that Benedict was never quite comfortable as pope.
Paul VI, pope during the 1970s, considered the possibility of a resignation, but ultimately ruled out the move.
Pope Paul VI named him archbishop of Munich in 1977 and promoted him to cardinal the next month.
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It's worth remembering that in 1966 Pope Paul VI introduced a retirement age of 75 for bishops and archbishops.
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In 1964, Pope Paul VI issued his first encyclical, "Ecclesiam Suam, " which stated his willingness to mediate in international disputes.
Pope Paul VI was the first pontiff to visit Israel, in 1964.
"My predecessors Paul VI and particularly John Paul II accomplished significant steps in the development of relations with the Jewish people, " the Pope said.
Under Paul VI in the late 1960s, the Vatican shared those suspicions: Opus Dei was not (and is not) exactly in the forefront of church renewal.
In 1968, Pope Paul VI, in an encyclical entitled "Humanae Vitae" (Of Human Life), declared that any artificial forms of birth control were prohibited by the Roman Catholic Church.
John Paul I explained his unusual choice of a double name by saying he intended to carry on the legacy of both John XXIII and Paul VI.
There is also a photo of Pope Paul VI stepping off a plane, and another of actress Jayne Mansfield sprawled on a floor after fainting before a battery of flashbulb-popping photographers.
Which is a good thing, because speaking in fluent Italian - and often off the cuff - to journalists in a packed Paul VI Hall, Pope Francis told of the moment he was elected.
It is probably not very challenging to figure out which statement came from Radfem Hub and which one came from Pope Paul VI, but the convergence is eerie and not something to mock.
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The Vatican only recognised the Jewish state 46 years after its creation and, like the rest of the international community, it does not recognise Israeli sovereignty over east Jerusalem - which during the visit of Pope Paul VI was under Jordanian rule.
Not that the present pope would entertain for a moment the idea that this ban was wrong, although many cardinals and bishops and probably most priests believe it was a dreadful mistake that happened because the indecisive Pope Paul VI allowed himself to be bullied by his Curia.
The late cardinal of Florence and right-hand man of Pope Paul VI, Giovanni Benelli who crossed swords with Escriva over the years nevertheless once said that what Saint Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits, was to the sixteenth-century Council of Trent, Escriva was to the Second Vatican Council.
Although Pope Benedict has criticised many aspects of modern pop culture, he now allows the newspaper of the tiny independent Vatican state to reflect the reality of the world outside in a way that would have been unthinkable in the days of Pope Paul VI who reigned during heyday of The Beatles.
Taranis is expected to take his chance for champion trainer Paul Nicholls and punters have been quick to support the youngster for Kempton's King George VI Chase on Boxing Day.
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