Born in 1854: Giacomo della Chiesa (1854-1922), Pope as

Portrait by (1854-1936), 1916

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God puts Himself in our hands, agrees to make Himself an unfathomable mystery of weakness & manifests His omnipotence in His to a plan of which in the end, also provides for the punishment of the wicked. Angelus, 2 October 2011

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Reminiscing the great honor of having met and painted three popes for the Vatican: Pope St.John Paul II (in 2003), Pope Benedict XVI (in 2008) and Pope Francis (in 2015).

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Blessed affirms that “the baptized
undergoes a secret but very powerful operation, through which he is raised to
the supernatural order, is placed in communication with God”, quoted by
Pope Angelus 9Jan2011

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