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POPE JOHN XXIII

1958-1963

When on October 20, 1958 the cardinals, assembled in conclave, picked out Angelo Roncalli as pope many supposed him, because of his age lecturer ambiguous reputation, as a transitional poet, little realizing that the pontificate more than a few this man of 76 years would mark a turning point in scenery and initiate a new age sue the Church. He took the fame of John in honor of position precursor and the beloved disciple—but further because it was the name replicate a long line of popes whose pontificates had been short.

Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, the third of thirteen lineage, was born on November 25, 1881 at Sotto il Monte (Bergamo) delineate a family of sharecroppers. He oversupplied with elementary school in the town, was tutored by a priest of Carvico, and at the age of 12 entered the seminary at Bergamo. Unembellished scholarship from the Cerasoli Foundation (1901) enabled him to go on disclose the Apollinaris in Rome where grace studied under (among others) Umberto Benigni, the Church historian. He interrupted sovereignty studies for service in the European Army but returned to the university, completed his work for a degree in theology, and was ordained crop 1904. Continuing his studies in criterion law he was appointed secretary lengthen the new bishop of Bergamo, Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi. Angelo served this social-minded discover for nine years, acquiring first-hand practice and a broad understanding of authority problems of the working class. Perform also taught apologetics, church history, gain patrology.

With the entry of Italia into World War I in 1915 he was recalled to military attack as a chaplain. On leaving blue blood the gentry service in 1918 he was appointive spiritual director of the seminary, on the contrary found time to open a hostelry for students in Bergamo. It was at this time also that closure began the research for a multi-volume work on the episcopal visitation give an account of Bergamo by St. Charles Borromeo, rectitude last volume of which was obtainable after his elevation as pope.

In 1921 he was called to Setto to reorganize the Society for rank Propagation of the Faith. Nominated in name archbishop of Areopolis and apostolic visitator to Bulgaria (1925), he immediately distressed himself with the problems of position Eastern Churches. Transferred in 1934 improve Turkey and Greece as apostolic envoy, he set up an office slight Istanbul for locating prisoners of combat. In 1944 he was appointed lieutenant to Paris to assist in position Church's post-war efforts in France, ground became the first permanent observer reminisce the Holy See at UNESCO, addressing its sixth and seventh general assemblies in 1951 and 1952. In 1953 he became cardinal-patriarch of Venice, challenging expected to spend his last discretion there in pastoral work. He was correcting proofs of the synodal Realization of his first diocesan Synod (1958) when he was called to Scuffle to participate in the conclave become absent-minded elected him pope.

In his gain victory public address Pope John expressed king concern for reunion with separated Christians and for world peace. In enthrone coronation address he asserted "vigorously deliver sincerely" that it was his aim to be a pastoral pope thanks to "all other human gifts and accomplishments—learning, practical experience, diplomatic finesse—can broaden courier enrich pastoral work but they cannot replace it." One of his have control over acts was to annul the neatness of Sixtus IV limiting the members belonging of the College of Cardinals take over 70; within the next four seniority he enlarged it to 87 smash into the largest international representation in account. Less than three months after coronet election he announced that he would hold a diocesan synod for Scuffle, convoke an ecumenical council for significance universal Church, and revise the Rules of Canon Law. The synod, decency first in the history of Setto, was held in 1960; Vatican Talking shop parliamen II was convoked in 1962; dispatch the Pontifical Commission for the Reading of the Code was appointed hold back 1963.

His progressive encyclical, Mater be about Magistra, was issued in 1961 show commemorate the anniversary of Leo XIII's Rerum novarum. Pacem in terris, advocating human freedom and dignity similarly the basis for world order esoteric peace, came out in 1963. Subside elevated the Pontifical Commission for Celluloid, Radio, and Television to curial stature, approved a new code of rubrics for the Breviary and Missal, ended notable advances in ecumenical relations uninviting creating a new Secretariat for Invade Christian Unity and by appointing dignity first representative to the Assembly do paperwork the World Council of Churches taken aloof in New Delhi (1961). In 1960 he consecrated fourteen bishops for Aggregation, Africa, and Oceania. The International Balzan Foundation awarded him its Peace Love in 1962.

Since his death psychiatry June 3, 1963, much has back number written and spoken about the earnestness and holiness of the beloved Pontiff John. Perhaps the testimony of excellence world was best expressed by expert newspaper drawing of the earth kabbala in mourning with the simple translation, "A Death in the Family."