One of the most influential people of the twentieth century, he revitalized the Church. He initiated Vatican II council and reached out to other faiths and even to the Soviet Union, seeking healing and reconciliation.
On his deathbed he said: “It is not that the gospel has changed; it is that we have begun to understand it better. Those who have lived as long as I have…were enabled to compare different cultures and traditions, and know that the moment has come to discern the signs of the times, to seize the opportunity and to look far ahead.”
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