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The present study highlights the historical relationship between Paul VI and the «Auxilium», Pontifical Faculty of Educational Sciences based in Rome during the process of transformation from an International Higher Institute of Education and Religious Sciences (created in 1954) to a Pontifical Ecclesiastical Faculty, run by women. The figure of Paul VI emerges as a significant supporter of this transformation. Finally, the article recalls the Identity and Mission of the «Auxilium » Faculty: To be and work for the integral education of the person, in perfect harmony with Paul VI and with the Magisterium of the Church. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article investigates the contribution of Giovanni Battista Montini, during the years of fascism, to the training of those destined to take a leading political role after World War II. In light of recent historiography some prejudices toward his figure and his intellectual bent are refuted. The years from his youth in Brescia to his commitment as Substitute of the Secretariat of State are summarized, including the objectives and principles that inspired his pedagogy for the future Catholic ruling class, and the role that he played in guiding the choices of committed Catholics in politics during the phase of democratic rebirth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]