 Following his 1954 illness , Pope Pius XII still addressed lay people and groups about a wide range of topics . Sometimes he answered specific moral questions , which were addressed to him . To professional associations he explained specific occupational ethics in light of Church teachings . Robert Leiber helped him occasionally with his speeches and publications . Cardinal Augustine Bea SJ was his personal confessor . Sister Pasqualina was for forty years his " housekeeper , muse and lifelong companion " . 
