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Of all human activities, man's listening to God is the supreme act of his reasoning and will.
Pope Paul VI
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Pope Paul VI
Age: 80 †
Born: 1897
Born: September 26
Died: 1978
Died: August 6
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Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini
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