The author highlights the Italian charism of the Pope's government: the papacy of Paul VI was incessant in building a Church capable of responding to the signs of the times. Montini, formerly Archbishop of Milan, avoids the traps of the Roman Curia and works for the whole Italy. Then he travels around the world, completely innovating the papal mission. The Second Vatican Council continues in this way keeping the links with the various Churches and carrying out capital steps for ecumenism, such as the meeting with the Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras. Paul VI, before the UN audience, is a head of state with international responsibilities; the message that it leaves to the Assembly is certainly a contribution to the religious sense of all but also a warning for peace among the countries. A particular attention is also paid to the world of the popular democracies, he in fact worries that beyond the Wall the Churches and the consciences could live. The last part of the book is dedicated to a particular friend of Pope Montini, who understandood the non-Christian international reality: Giorgio La Pira.