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Pope John XXIII’s Transformative Papacy in Brief
Pope John XXIII, elected in 1958 at nearly 78, defied interim expectations. He convened the 1962 Ecumenical Council, expanded the College of Cardinals, welcomed diverse leaders from Africa Asia and the Pacific, and embraced travel and multilingual diplomacy, shaping modern Catholicism.
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Angelo Guiseppe Roncalli
College of Cardinals
Africa
Italy
Vatican Foreign Service
John XXIII
Pope John XXIII
John Xxill
Vatican
Enrico Dante