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New Pope Seen Affable But Determined Cardinal Roncalli
Vatican papers describe Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli as affable yet determined as he rose from Bergamo priest to papal Nuncio in Paris and cardinal. Born 1881 in Solto, he served in World War I, led missions in Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey, and guided Vatican diplomacy before becoming pope.
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