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the supe atu l in our lives, and denied the existence absolu , unchang­ ing t . The Pope's ef rts against Mode ism were largely successful, and e heresy disappeared om public view. For the next 50 years, as the s world seemed to go up in ames, with large numbers of people rejecting a Christian world view to pursue f se ideologies such as Nazism and Co unism, or simply to ke re ge in materi ism, e Church s strong and united. Under Pius XI and Pius XII, the C h ught clearly and unmis bly on doctrinal and moral issues, and e Catholic people, clergy and lai alike, seemed to s nd r y wi e Popes.