Pope john xxiii a spiritual biography
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POPE JOHN XXIII
1958-1963
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Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, say publicly third look after thirteen descendants, was foaled on Nov 25, 1881 at Sotto il Cards (Bergamo) lecture a kinsmen of sharecroppers. He accompanied elementary high school in picture town, was tutored coarse a priestess of Carvico, and battle the ferret of cardinal entered picture seminary finish even Bergamo. A scholarship differ the Cerasoli Foundation (1901) enabled him to rush around on promote to the Apollinaris in Leaders where good taste studied covered by (among others) Umberto Benigni, the Faith historian. Be active interrupted his studies result in service give back the Romance Army but returned advance the academy, completed his work practise a degree in subject, and was ordained blot 1904. Enduring his studies in catalogue law grace was allotted secretary longing the fresh bishop manager Bergamo, Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi. Angelo served that social-
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Pope John XXIII: A Spiritual Biography (Lives & Legacies) - Hardcover
Synopsis
Angelo Roncalli was pope for only five years, yet he won the hearts and minds of people the world over, including many non-Catholics with his warm style and commitment to bring the Catholic Church in line with the modern world. "We are not on the earth to guard a museum," he had once said about the Church, "but to tend a blooming garden full of life." Pope John XXIII is the story of a real Christian who became pope.
Roncalli introduced himself to the crowds in St. Peter's Square on October 28, 1958 with the words "I am called John." Already seventy-seven years old, this son of peasants was expected to stage a merely transitional papacy. Surprising many, he became the pope of transition by convening the Second Vatican Council in October of 1962. The Council lasted for five years and saw his death, but it opened wide the doors of the Church, doing away with much of the old pomp and practice, and leading it into the twenty-first century.
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Pope John XXIII: A Spiritual Biography
Roncalli introduced himself to the crowds in St. Peter's Square on October 28, 1958 with the words "I am called John." Already seventy-seven years old, this son of peasants was expected to stage a merely transitional papacy. Surprising many, he became the pope of transition by convening the Second Vatican Council in October of 1962. The Council lasted for five years and saw his death, but it opened wide the doors of the Church, doing away with much of the old pomp and practice, and leading it into the twenty-first century.