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Pope John XXIII (Latin: Ioannes XXIII; Italian: Giovanni XXIII; born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, Italian: [ˈandʒelo dʒuˈzɛppe roŋˈkalli]; [a] 25 November 1881 – 3 June 1963) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death in June 1963. Roncalli was among 13 children born to ...
Jul 12, 2024 · Second Vatican Council. Saint John XXIII (born November 25, 1881, Sotto il Monte, Italy—died June 3, 1963, Rome; beatified September 3, 2000canonized April 27, 2014; feast day October 11) was one of the most popular popes of all time (reigned 1958–63), who inaugurated a new era in the history of the Roman Catholic Church by his openness to ...
POPE JOHN XXIII. 1958-1963. When on October 20, 1958 the cardinals, assembled in conclave, elected Angelo Roncalli as pope many regarded him, because of his age and ambiguous reputation, as a transitional pope, little realizing that the pontificate of this man of 76 years would mark a turning point in history and initiate a new age for the Church.
Apr 25, 2014 · 4. Pope John XXIII played a key role in the Cuban Missile Crisis. In October 1962, with the U.S. and Russia teetering on the brink of nuclear war, Pope John XXIII helped to bring both countries ...
Jul 22, 2019 · BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE. JOHN XXIII. (1881-1963) ANGELO GIUSEPPE RONCALLI was born in Sotto il Monte, in the Diocese and Province of Bergamo, on 25 November 1881. The fourth of thirteen children, he was baptized that same day. Under the guidance of an outstanding parish priest, Father Francesco Rebuzzini, he received a profound ecclesiastical ...
Sep 3, 2000 · Pope John XXIII was born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli at Sotto il Monte, Italy, in the Diocese of Bergamo on 25 November 1881. He was the fourth in a family of 14. The family worked as sharecroppers. It was a patriarchal family in the sense that the families of two brothers lived together, headed by his great-uncle Zaverio, who had never married ...
Pope Saint John XXIII Feast day: Oct 11. Born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli at Sotto il Monte, Italy on 25 November 1881, Pope John XXIII was elected Pope on October 28, 1958. He died June 3, 1963 in ...
Oct 11, 2023 · Elected Pope on 28 October 1958, he assumed the name John XXIII. His papacy, though brief, was transformative. Known as the “good Pope”, his encyclicals, Mater et Magistra and Pacem in Terris, were visionary. His magnum opus, the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, set the Church on a renewed path. In the hearts of many, he remains an emblem ...
Apr 27, 2014 · October 11: Saint John XXIII, Pope—Optional Memorial. 1881–1963. Patron Saint of papal delegates. Canonized by Pope Francis on April 27, 2014. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was born in Sotto il Monte, a small village in the province of Bergamo, Italy. His large family of tenant farmers worked in vineyards and cornfields and tended cattle.
Pope Saint John XXIII. Pope Saint John XXIII was the 261st leader of the Catholic Church and the 21st pope to take the name of John. He is one of the oldest popes to have served. This article intends to shed light on the man Angelo Roncalli, addressing his life prior to the papacy and any highlights or major accomplishments during his papacy as ...
Blessed John XXIII was the 260th successor of St. Peter, servingas pope from October 1958 to June 1963. He is best known for convening the Second Vatican Council. Nov. 25, born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, the fourth in a family of 13 children to Giovanni Battista and Marianna Giulia Roncalli, a family of sharecroppers in Sotto il Monte, Italy.
Oct 11, 2022 · Saint of the Day for October 11. (November 25, 1881 – June 3, 1963) Saint John XXIII’s Story. Although few people had as great an impact on the 20th century as Pope John XXIII, he avoided the limelight as much as possible. Indeed, one writer has noted that his “ordinariness” seems one of his most remarkable qualities.
Apr 25, 2014 · Pope John XXIII provided us with an excellent example of how to do so with peace and with joy. And as he joins the official list of saints, he reminds us that, as a church, our journey toward God is fundamentally a journey we make with all of our brothers and sisters throughout the world, regardless of their religious or political beliefs.
Apr 24, 2014 · Pope John XXIII is, therefore, really quite an accidental saint. ... [Bill Huebsch is the author of The Spiritual Wisdom of Saint John XXIII.] A version of this story appeared in the April 25-May ...
Apr 27, 2014 · Pope John XXIII's relatively short time in office is remembered chiefly for convening the Second Vatican Council, which transformed the Roman Catholic Church. The move, three months into his ...
Death: 1963. Beatified: 3 September 2000 by Pope John Paul II. Canonized: 27 April 2014 Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Francis. Author and Publisher - Catholic Online. Printable Catholic Saints PDFs. Shop St. John XXIII. The man who would be Pope John XXIII was born in the small village of Sotto il Monte in Italy, on November 25, 1881.
PACEM IN TERRIS. ENCYCLICAL OF POPE JOHN XXIII ON ESTABLISHING UNIVERSAL PEACE IN TRUTH, JUSTICE, CHARITY, AND LIBERTY. APRIL 11, 1963 . To Our Venerable Brethren the Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, Bishops, and all other Local Ordinaries who are at Peace and in Communion with the Apostolic See, and to the Clergy and Faithful of the entire Catholic World, and to all Men of Good Will.
Apr 24, 2014 · John was old for the office (76, the same age of Pope Francis at his election), and conventional wisdom assumed that he had been chosen to be a brief, transitional pontiff.
Oct 11, 2022 · By Lisa Zengarini. Pope John XXIII opened Vatican II by delivering his famous 'Gaudet Mater Ecclesiae' speech, in which he indicated the main purpose of the Council. The Second Vatican Council marked a milestone in Church history, setting off a process of deep transformation within the Church itself, and in its relations with the modern world, and other Christian Churches and non-Christian ...
May 29, 2014 · Saint John XXIII. On May 29, 2014, Pope Francis ordered the inscription of Saint John XXIII, Pope, into the General Roman Calendar. St. John is celebrated each year as an Optional Memorial on October 11. The Holy See released the proper liturgical texts in Latin, and on September 21, 2019, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline ...
