Editing Pope Paul VI (section)

===Pastoral progressivism===
During his period in Milan, Montini was widely seen as a progressive member of the Catholic hierarchy. He adopted new approaches to reach the faithful with pastoral care and carried through the liturgical reforms of Pius XII at the local level. For example, huge posters announced throughout the city that 1,000 voices would speak to them from 10 to 24 November 1957: more than 500 priests and many bishops, cardinals, and lay people delivered 7,000 sermons, not only in churches but in factories, meeting halls, houses, courtyards, schools, offices, military barracks, hospitals, hotels and wherever people congregated.{{Sfn|Hebblethwaite|1993|p=275}} His goal was re-introducing faith to a city without much religion. "If only we can say [[Lord's Prayer|Our Father]] and know what this means, then we would understand the Christian faith."{{Sfn|Hebblethwaite|1993|p=276}}

[[Pius XII]] asked Archbishop Montini to Rome in October 1957, where he gave the main presentation to the Second World Congress of [[Lay apostolate|Lay Apostolate]]. As Pro-Secretary of State, he had worked hard to form this worldwide organisation of lay people in 58 nations, representing 42 national organisations. He presented them to Pius XII in Rome in 1951. The second meeting in 1957 gave Montini an opportunity to express the lay apostolate in modern terms: "Apostolate means love. We will love all, but especially those, who need help... We will love our time, our technology, our art, our sports, our world."{{Sfn|Lazzarini|1964|p=63}}