Talk:Pope Paul VI/Archive 1

"Montini had deep contacts with all the parties in conflict and developed an activity in diplomacy that has been defined as one of the most complex of all the Vatican history".

"ALL the Vatican history"? Has my learned friend (article Quirinale) not insisted that the popes have resided in the Vatican only since 1870?

Roman Catholic Church, as a political entity, is commonly known as "the Vatican", after the place in which from early times (3rd, 4th c.)Catholic rites were celebrated, and undoubtedly this is the most important symbolic place of this religion.

Despite a presumed easy life, popes don't spend their mornings in bed. We perhaps give an excessive attention to their daytime working place, rather than to where their beds once were. G

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1. Montini was not a "Hamlet" at all: he was a very concrete man. He only had a huge experience in diplomacy, which allowed him to express soft and mild tones even when acting with decision.
2. Sister Pascaline - Suor Pasqualina - is nothing more than a urban legend. Any pope has been accused by anty-clericalists of something, but not all the popes are Borgia.
3. Alleged sexual behaviours of the pope and of the king are:
   1. unknown
   2. not proofed
   3. not backed by any - even journalistic - confirmation
   4. not probable, indeed
   5. not related with the birth of the Italian Republic
   6. not interesting, which is the point

Let's talk about what we really know --G