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Smaller Than I Was Pope Paul VI Biographical Preview
AP correspondent James M. Long profiles Pope Paul VI, tracing Giovanni Battista Montini’s boyhood, family, and early path to priesthood. Born 1897 in Concesio near Brescia, he grew frail yet ambitious, studying privately, entering Brescia seminary, and joining Vatican diplomacy by age 25, setting the stage for his papal rise.
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