Full Name: Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli
Profession:Pope

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Biography: Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, known as Pope John XXIII, was the head of the Catholic Church from 1958 to 1963. He is best remembered for convening the Second Vatican Council, which brought significant changes to the Church. His warm personality and efforts to modernize Catholicism earned him the nickname "the Good Pope."

Roncalli was born in 1881 to a family of sharecroppers in Sotto il Monte, Italy. He was ordained a priest in 1904 and later served as a bishop and papal diplomat. In 1958, at the age of 76, he was elected Pope, surprising many with his energy and vision for change.

As Pope, John XXIII called the Second Vatican Council in 1962, aiming to update the Church's practices and relationships with the modern world. He worked to improve relations with other Christian denominations and Jews, removing offensive language about Jews from Catholic liturgy. He also issued important encyclicals, including "Pacem in Terris" (1963), which addressed world peace.

John XXIII expanded and internationalized the College of Cardinals, the group responsible for electing new popes. He engaged in dialogue with Communist countries in Eastern Europe through his "Ostpolitik" policy, which sought to improve relations between the Church and these nations. Pope John XXIII died in 1963, leaving a legacy of openness and reform in the Catholic Church.

In 2014,Pope Francis canonized John XXIII as a saint, alongside PopeJohn Paul II. His feast day is celebrated on October 11, marking the anniversary of the Second Vatican Council's opening.

Born:November 25,1881
Birthplace: Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy
Star Sign:Sagittarius

Died:June 3,1963 (aged 81)
Cause of Death:Stomach cancer

• 1904-08-10 Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (future Pope John XXIII) becomes a priest
• 1925-03-19 Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (future Pope John XXIII) becomes a bishop, appointed as Apostolic Visitor to Bulgaria
• 1958-10-28 Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli elected Pope, taking name John XXIII
• 1958-11-04 Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli crowned as Pope John XXIII
• 1959-01-25 Pope John XXIII proclaims 2nd Vatican council
• 1959-06-29 Pope John XXIII publishes his 1st encyclical "On truth, unity, & peace, in charity"
• 1959-08-01 Pope John XXIII publishes the encyclical "Sacerdotii Nostri Primordia"
• 1959-11-28 Pope John XXIII publishes encyclical Princeps Pastorum
• 1961-05-15 Pope John XXIII publishes encyclical Mater et Magistra
• 1962-01-03 Pope John XXIII excommunicatesFidel Castro
• 1962-10-11 Second Vatican Council (21st ecumenical) is convened by Pope John XXIII
• 1963-04-11 Pope John XXIII publishes encyclical "Pacem in terris", that peace between all peoples must be based on truth, justice, love and freedom
• 1963-12-06 PresidentLyndon B. Johnson confers Presidential Medal of Freedom on 31 recipients selected by JFK, including: contraltoMarian Anderson; diplomatRalph Bunche; cellist Pablo Casals; Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter; labor leader George Meaney; architect Mies van der Rohe; pianist Rudolf Serkin; writersE. B. White and Thorton Wilder; and painter Andrew Wyeth; as well as posthumously to JFK himself, and Pope John XXIII

• Blessed John XXIII: From Humble Beginnings to a Lasting Legacy -United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
• Pope John XXIII -The Holy See

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