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Sister Pascalina

  • “In every successful organization, there can be only one leader, and that leader must be wise and courageous, and must be feared by those under him.”

    • Sister Pascalina,
    • in Paul I. Murphy, with R. René Arlington, La Popessa: The Controversial Biography of Sister Pascalina, the Most Powerful Woman in Vatican History ()

  • “Loneliness is not simply a matter of being alone. Loneliness is the feeling that nobody else truly cares what happens to you.”

    • Sister Pascalina,
    • in Paul I. Murphy, with R. René Arlington, La Popessa: The Controversial Biography of Sister Pascalina, the Most Powerful Woman in Vatican History ()

Sister Pascalina, German nun, housekeeper/secretary for Pope Pius XII

(1894 - 1983)

Real name: Josefine Lehnert.