Bl Pope John XXIII

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Hi I’m looking for info on HH Bl Pope John XXIII. Specifically the names of his parents, their lifestyle and a good summary of his social encyclicals mater et magistra and pacem in terris. Any other significant events in his life would be most appreciated.

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twiztedseraph:
I have that sir, I’m just looking for the nitty gritty stuff that only a forum full of committed Catholics can provide.
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Very good, But, when you find what you’re looking for (as I’m sure you will) I hope that you’ll update Wikipedia accordingly.
 
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DavidFilmer:
Very good, But, when you find what you’re looking for (as I’m sure you will) I hope that you’ll update Wikipedia accordingly.
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No promises. Now does anyone have some relevant info?
 
From the Vatican website:
POPE JOHN XXIII
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Bl. 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 and whose wisdom guided the work and other business of the family. Zaverio was Angelo’s godfather, and to him he always attributed his first and most fundamental religious education. The religious atmosphere of his family and the fervent life of the parish, under the guidance of Fr Francesco Rebuzzini, provided him with training in the Christian life.
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He entered the Bergamo seminary in 1892. Here he began the practice of making spiritual notes, which he continued in one form or another until his death, and which have been gathered together in the Journal a Soul. Here he also began the deeply cherished practice of regular spiritual direction. In 1896 he was admitted to the Secular Franciscan Order by the spiritual director of the Bergamo seminary, Fr Luigi Isacchi; he made a profession of its Rule of life on 23 May 1897.
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From 1901 to 1905 he was a student at the Pontifical Roman Seminary. On 10 August 1904 he was ordained a priest in the church of Santa Maria in Monte Santo in Rome’s Piazza del Popolo. In 1905 he was appointed secretary to the new Bishop of Bergamo, Giacomo Maria Radini Tedeschi. He accompanied the Bishop in his pastoral visitations and collaborated with him in his many initiatives: a Synod, management of the diocesan bulletin, pilgrimages, social works. In the seminary he taught history, patrology and apologetics. He was an elegant, profound, effective and sought-after preacher.
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These were the years of his deepening spiritual encounter with two saints who were outstanding pastors: St Charles Borromeo and St Francis de Sales. They were years, too, of deep pastoral involvement and apprenticeship, as he spent every day beside “his” Bishop, Radini Tedeschi. When the Bishop died in 1914, Fr Angelo continued to teach in the seminary and to minister in various pastoral areas.
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When Italy went to war in 1915 he was drafted as a sergeant in the medical corps and became a chaplain to wounded soldiers. When the war ended, he opened a “Student House” for the spiritual needs of young people.
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In 1919 he was made spiritual director of the seminary, but in 1921 he was called to the service of the Holy See. Benedict XV brought him to Rome to be the Italian president of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. In 1925 Pius XI named him Apostolic Visitator in Bulgaria, raising him to the episcopate with the titular Diocese of Areopolis. For his Episcopal motto he chose Oboedientia et Pax, which became his guiding motto for the rest of his life.
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On 19 March 1925 he was ordained Bishop and left for Bulgaria. He was granted the title Apostolic Delegate and remained in Bulgaria until 1935, visiting Catholic communities and establishing relationships of respect and esteem with the other Christian communities. In the aftermath of the 1928 earthquake his solicitude was everywhere present. He endured in silence the misunderstandings and other difficulties of a ministry on the fringes of society, and thus refined his sense of trust and abandonment to Jesus crucified.
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In 1935 he was named Apostolic Delegate in Turkey and Greece. The Catholic Church was present in many ways in the young Turkish republic. His ministry among the Catholics was intense, and his respectful approach and dialogue with the worlds of Orthodoxy and Islam became a feature of his tenure. When the Second World War broke out he was in Greece. He tried to get news from the prisoners of war to their families and assisted many Jews to escape by issuing “transit visas” from the Apostolic Delegation. In December 1944 Pius XII appointed him Nuncio in France.
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During the last months of the war and the beginning of peace he aided prisoners of war and helped to normalize the ecclesiastical organization of France. He visited the great shrines of France and participated in popular feasts and in important religious celebrations. He was an attentive, prudent and positive observer of the new pastoral initiatives of the Bishops and clergy of France. His approach was always characterized by a striving for Gospel simplicity, even amid the most complex diplomatic questions. The sincere piety of his interior life found expression each day in prolonged periods of prayer and meditation. In 1953 he was created a Cardinal and sent to Venice as Patriarch. He was filled with joy at the prospect of ending his days in the direct care of souls, as he had always desired since becoming a priest. He was a wise and enterprising pastor, following the model pastors he had always venerated and walking in the footsteps of St Laurence Giustiniani, first Patriarch of Venice. As he advanced in years his trust in the Lord grew in the midst of energetic, enterprising and joyful pastoral labours.
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At the death of Pius XII he was elected Pope on 28 October 1958, taking the name John XXIII. His pontificate, which lasted less than five years, presented him to the entire world as an authentic image of the Good Shepherd. Meek and gentle, enterprising and courageous, simple and active, he carried out the Christian duties of the corporal and spiritual works of mercy: visiting the imprisoned and the sick, welcoming those of every nation and faith, bestowing on all his exquisite fatherly care. His social magisterium in the Encyclicals Pacem in terris and Mater et Magistra was deeply appreciated.
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He convoked the Roman Synod, established the Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law and summoned the Second Vatican Council. He was present as Bishop in his Diocese of Rome through his visitation of the parishes, especially those in the new suburbs. The faithful saw in him a reflection of the goodness of God and called him “the good Pope”. He was sustained by a profound spirit of prayer. He launched an extensive renewal of the Church, while radiating the peace of one who always trusted in the Lord. Pope John XXIII died on the evening of 3 June 1963, in a spirit of profound trust in Jesus and of longing for his embrace.
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Encyclical links:

Mater et Magistra

Pacem in Terris

John
 
You got that from www.vatican.va didn’t you? Come on, all I really need is his parent’s names, I can’t find them anywhere. And I figured 'cause he was blesse’d he would have some devotees here.
 
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twiztedseraph:
You got that from www.vatican.va didn’t you? Come on, all I really need is his parent’s names, I can’t find them anywhere. And I figured 'cause he was blesse’d he would have some devotees here.
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…The fourth child of Giovanni Battista Roncalli and Marianna Mazzola…

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God Bless,
RyanL
 
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twiztedseraph:
You got that from www.vatican.va didn’t you?
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Of course, I said so.

If you wanted an opinion here it is: He was the greatest Pope in the 20th. Century. He deserved his beatification and I anxiously await his canonization. His memory is denigrated and demeaned by those who felt if he hadn’t called Vatican II the Church would still be in the Blessed Fifties when all was good.

John
 
John Higgins:
Of course, I said so.

If you wanted an opinion here it is: He was the greatest Pope in the 20th. Century. He deserved his beatification and I anxiously await his canonization. His memory is denigrated and demeaned by those who felt if he hadn’t called Vatican II the Church would still be in the Blessed Fifties when all was good.

John
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I agree with most of that, but as you can tell by my signature I’m a JP2 devotee 👍
 
John Higgins:
Of course, I said so.

If you wanted an opinion here it is: He was the greatest Pope in the 20th. Century.
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How come?

That’s interesting because he and the greatest pope of the 19th century (in my opinion), Bl. Pius IX, both got beatified at the same time I believe. I’d like to see Pius IX get canonized. Maybe they’ll both be canonized at the same time too:thumbsup:
 
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