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Above all, the state of grace is absolutely necessary at the moment of death without it, salvation and supernatural happiness the beatific vision of God - are impossible.

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Pope Pius XII
Age: 82 †
Born: 1876
Born: March 2
Died: 1958
Died: October 9
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Roman Catholic Priest
The Eternal City
Eugenio Marìa Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli
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