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Pope John XXIII Built on Peaceful Diplomacy and Charity
Vatican profiles Pope John XXIII highlighting his decade as diplomat and pastor. Born Angelo Roncalli in northern Italy, he shaped ecumenism and unity, served in World War I, aided public schooling, and rose through Vatican diplomacy before becoming pope.
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Bennet M. Bolton
Vatican
John XXIII
Bolton
Vatican City
Rome
Universal Church
West
Italy
Heaven
Earth
John XXII
Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli
Father Roncalli
Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi
Bergamo
Radini-Tedeschi
Europe
Pope
Benedict XV
Italian Society For the Propagation of the Faith
Msgr
Roncalli
Pius XI
Sofia
Bulgaria
East
Turkey
Greece
Istanbul
Germany
France
Vichy
Jacques Maritain
Pope John
Vatican Gardens
Pius XII