Giovanni Battista Montini was born in Concesio in the province of Brescia on 26 September 1897 in the wealthy family of a publisher. In 1916 he entered the seminary to be ordained a priest in 1920. YES he moved to Rome, where he studied at the Gregorian University and at the University of Rome, to move on to the Accademia dei Nobili in 1922 Ecclesiastics for diplomatic studies. His organizational skills do lead to the Secretariat of State. In 1937 under the Pope Pius XI he was appointed Substitute for Ordinary Affairs of the Secretary of State Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli. When in 1939 Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli becomes Pope with the name Pius XII, Montini is confirmed in his role in the new Cardinal Secretariat Luigi Maglione. Upon the latter's death in 1944 the Secretariat came into being suppressed and Montini works directly under Pius XII in the phase most critical of the Second World War. Montini's work in this period remains in the shadows, but is mainly related to relationships diplomats of the Vatican with the fascist government in Italy and the Nazi in Germany. In 1952 he was offered the nomination of Cardinal, which he refused. I relations with Pius XII deteriorated and in 1953 Montini was sent as Archbishop in Milan, where he stands out for his attention to social issues and of work. Contrary to tradition, Montini is not named Cardinal in the subsequent Consistory and, although not formally requested, this failure to appoint him excluded him from the post upon the death of Pius XII in 1958 candidacy for Pope. John XXIII is elected, with whom he had extremely close relations before of the beginning of the pontificate and who appointed him Cardinal in the same year of the beginning of the pontificate. Actively participates in the preparation of the Council Vatican II, which began on 11 October 1962, but yes interrupted on 3 June 1963 due to the death of John XXIII. On 21 June 1963 he was elected Pope with the name of Paul VI. He continues the reforms started by his predecessor; in 1965 it brings to the Second Vatican Council ends and the Synod is created on 14 September 1965 of the Bishops. On the other hand, it maintains conservative positions on the issue of celibacy of priests, with the encyclical Sacerdotalis Caelibatus of the 24th June 1967, and on birth control, with the encyclical Humanae Vitae of 24 July 1968. One of the criticisms leveled at the Pope concerns the frequent hesitations manifested in his pontificate, among the such as the position of the Church towards the protests of Monsignor Marcel Lefebvre against the renewals introduced after Council. With the visit to the Holy Land in 1964 he was the first Pope to leave from Italy after 150 years. Numerous trips followed which took him to being the first Pope to visit all five continents and in 1965 addresses a speech to the United Nations during his visit to the States United. He met many leaders of other religions and in 1965 spoke to the World Council of Churches. He died on August 6, 1978 and was succeeded by Pope John Paul I.
In 1952 he was offered the nomination of Cardinal, which he refused. I relations with Pius XII deteriorated and in 1953 Montini was sent as Archbishop in Milan, where he stands out for his attention to social issues and of work. Contrary to tradition, Montini is not named Cardinal in the subsequent Consistory and, although not formally requested, this failure to appoint him excluded him from the post upon the death of Pius XII in 1958 candidacy for Pope. John XXIII is elected, with whom he had extremely close relations before of the beginning of the pontificate and who appointed him Cardinal in the same year of the beginning of the pontificate. Actively participates in the preparation of the Council Vatican II, which began on 11 October 1962, but yes interrupted on 3 June 1963 due to the death of John XXIII. On 21 June 1963 he was elected Pope with the name of Paul VI. He continues the reforms started by his predecessor; in 1965 it brings to the Second Vatican Council ends and the Synod is created on 14 September 1965 of the Bishops. On the other hand, it maintains conservative positions on the issue of celibacy of priests, with the encyclical Sacerdotalis Caelibatus of the 24th June 1967, and on birth control, with the encyclical Humanae Vitae of 24 July 1968. One of the criticisms leveled at the Pope concerns the frequent hesitations manifested in his pontificate, among the such as the position of the Church towards the protests of Monsignor Marcel Lefebvre against the renewals introduced after Council. With the visit to the Holy Land in 1964 he was the first Pope to leave from Italy after 150 years. Numerous trips followed which took him to being the first Pope to visit all five continents and in 1965 addresses a speech to the United Nations during his visit to the States United. He met many leaders of other religions and in 1965 spoke to the World Council of Churches. He died on August 6, 1978 and was succeeded by Pope John Paul I.
On 21 June 1963 he was elected Pope with the name of Paul VI. He continues the reforms started by his predecessor; in 1965 it brings to the Second Vatican Council ends and the Synod is created on 14 September 1965 of the Bishops. On the other hand, it maintains conservative positions on the issue of celibacy of priests, with the encyclical Sacerdotalis Caelibatus of the 24th June 1967, and on birth control, with the encyclical Humanae Vitae of 24 July 1968. One of the criticisms leveled at the Pope concerns the frequent hesitations manifested in his pontificate, among the such as the position of the Church towards the protests of Monsignor Marcel Lefebvre against the renewals introduced after Council.
With the visit to the Holy Land in 1964 he was the first Pope to leave from Italy after 150 years. Numerous trips followed which took him to being the first Pope to visit all five continents and in 1965 addresses a speech to the United Nations during his visit to the States United. He met many leaders of other religions and in 1965 spoke to the World Council of Churches.
He died on August 6, 1978 and was succeeded by Pope John Paul I.