Pope Paul VI
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Pope Paul VI was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 21 June 1963 until his death on 6 August 1978. Succeeding John XXIII, he continued the Second Vatican Council, which he
Official portrait, 1969
Papa Paolo VI
Montini on the day of his ordination, 1920
Montini alongside Pope Pius XII during his service at the Secretariat of State
Pope John Paul I
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Pope John Paul I was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 26 August 1978 until his death 33 days later. His reign is among the shortest in papal history, giving rise to the f
Pope Paul VI
…Catholic Church". Paul VI did away with much of the papacy's regal splendor. His coronation on 30 June 1963 was the last such ceremony; his successor Pope John Paul I substituted an inauguration (which Paul had substantially modified, but which he left mandatory in his 1975 apostolic constitution Romano Pontifici…
John Paul I on 19 September 1978
Albino Luciani approximately at the age of 10, c. 1922–23
Luciani in 1969
Pope Paul VI makes Luciani a cardinal in 1973.