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October 11 Pope John XXIII.

by catholicnewsagency on Nov 12, 2008
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Also known as
Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli
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11 October
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Born to an Italian peasant family. Educated at Bergamo and the Pontifical Roman Seminary. Ordained on 10 August 1904. Secretary to the bishop of Bergamo, Italy from 1904 to 1914, during which he wrote the basis for his five-volume biography of Saint Charles Borromeo. Served in World War I in the medical corps, and as a …More
Also known as
Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli

Memorial

11 October

Profile

Born to an Italian peasant family. Educated at Bergamo and the Pontifical Roman Seminary. Ordained on 10 August 1904. Secretary to the bishop of Bergamo, Italy from 1904 to 1914, during which he wrote the basis for his five-volume biography of Saint Charles Borromeo. Served in World War I in the medical corps, and as a chaplain. Worked in Rome, Italy after the war, and reorganized the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. Titular archbishop of Areopolis on 3 March 1925. Vatican diplomatic representative to Bulgaria on 16 October 1931, then to Turkey and Greece on 12 January 1935. Titular archbishop of Mesembria on 30 November 1934. Papal nuncio to France on 23 December 1944 where he mediated between conservative and socially radical clergy. Created cardinal on 12 January 1953, and patriarch of Venice, Italy on 15 January 1953. Elected 261st pope on 28 October 1958.
As pope he stressed his own pastoral duties as well as those of other bishops and clergy. Promoted social reforms for workers, poor people, orphans, and the outcast. He advanced cooperation with other faiths and traditions including Protestant, Greek Orthodox, Church of England, and even Shinto. In April 1959 he forbade Catholics to vote for parties supporting Communism. His encyclical, Mater et Magistra of 14 July 1961 advocated social reform, assistance to underdeveloped countries, a living wage for all workers, and support for socialist measures that promised real benefit to society.
He nearly doubled the number of cardinals, making the college the largest in history. On 25 January 1959, he announced his intent to call a council to consider ways to renew the Church in the modern world, promote diversity within the unity of the Church, and consider reforms promoted by ecumenical and liturgical movements. Convening the council, known as Vatican II, on 11 October 1962, was the high point of his reign.
His heartiness, his overflowing love for humanity individually and collectively, and his freshness of approach to ecclesiastical affairs made John one of the best-loved popes of modern times.

Born

25 November 1881 at Sotto il Monte, diocese of Bergamo, Italy as Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli

Papal Ascension


elected 28 October 1958
installed on 4 November 1958

Died

3 June 1963 at Rome, Italy of natural causes
buried in Saint Peter’s basilica, Vatican City

Venerated

20 December 1999 by Pope John Paul II

Beatified

3 September 2000 by Pope John Paul II at Saint Peter’s Square, Rome

Canonized

if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Pope John, contact
Associazione “Amici Papa Giovanni XXIII”
Via Brusicco, 9
24039 Sotto il Monte (BG), ITALY
www.papagiovanni.com

Patronage

papal delegates

Additional Infomation

Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, by Salvador Miranda
Catholic-Hierarchy.Org
L’Osservatore Romano
L’Osservatore Romano
Vatican.va

Images

Gallery images of Pope John XIII

Readings

Everyone remembers the image of Pope John’s smiling face and two outstretched arms embracing the whole world. How many people were won over by his simplicity of heart, combined with a broad experience of people and things! The breath of newness he brought certainly did not concern doctrine, but rather the way to explain it; his style of speaking and acting was new, as was his friendly approach to ordinary people and to the powerful of the world. It was in this spirit that he called the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, thereby turning a new page in the Church’s history Christians heard themselves called to proclaim the Gospel with renewed courage and greater attentiveness to the “signs” of the times. The Council was a truly prophetic insight of this elderly Pontiff who, even amid many difficulties, opened a season of hope for Christians and for humanity. In the last moments of his earthly life, he entrusted his testament to the Church: “What counts the most in life is blessed Jesus Christ, his holy Church, his Gospel, truth and goodness”. - Pope John Paul II

Beatifications

Blessed Elena Guerra
Blessed Innocent of Berzo
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton

Canonizations

Saint Antony Mary Pucci
Saint Gregory Barbarigo
Saint Juan de Ribera
Saint Maria Bertilla Boscardin
Saint Martin de Porres
Saint Vincent Pallotti

Founded

Elevated


Writings

Pope Blessed John XXIII - Aeterna Dei Sapientia - Commemorating the Fifteenth Centennial of the Death of Pope Saint Leo the Great, 11 November 1961
Pope John XXIII - Mater et Magistra - On Christianity and Social Progress, 15 May 1961
Pope John XXIII - Sacerdotii Nostri Primordia - On Saint John Vianney, 1 August 1959

MLA Citation

saints.sqpn.com/pope-blessed-john-xxiii