People say you never forget a first impression, but I honestly couldn’t tell you my first impression of St. Pope Paul VI. At first, I suppose, Paul VI was just another Roman numeral hanging on the 5-square-foot chart of 265...
St. Pope Paul VI offered a vision of a less rigid church
Pope Paul VI’s legacy of ecumenism and compassion offers a powerful model for unity in a divided church and world.
July 2025
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