A look back at past popes
Pope Paul VI: 1963 - 1978
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Pictured here in Jan. 1964 during the first-ever visit of a pope to the Holy Land. Pope Paul VI recently took the first, important step toward sainthood when Pope Benedict XVI recognized his "heroic virtues" in December. He's now considered "venerable."
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