"Father General was in full agreement with the line indicated by the Council, precisely in the challenging effort to reconcile what is enduring, and therefore unchangeable, in the charism of the Society with the demands of the current situation in the life of the Church and of the world. This is a difficult and delicate task and it is no wonder that in so many areas there was a difference of opinion."
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Paolo Dezza
Paolo Dezza (13 December 1901 – 17 December 1999) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church.
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