Pope John Xxiii: A Partner In Solidarity For A Changing World
Pope John XXIII: A Partner in Solidarity for a Changing World
Pope John was born Angelo Roncalli on November 25, 1881 in Bergamo Italy. He was the fourth child, born to a family of fourteen. His family worked as poor sharecroppers, and was often financially strained. Roncolli decided to become a preiest as a young man, and was ordained in 1904 at the age of twenty-three. Ten years later, during World War I, he was drafted into the army, and served in the medical corps, and as a chaplian. Pope Benedict XI appoineted him as the Italian President of the Society of the Propagation of the Faith in 1921 (Society 1). The goal of the society was to help missionaries through prayer and alm giving (Society 1). He was prometed again in 1925 as Apostolic Vistor to Bulgaria, this also made him eligible to be concecrated a bishop (Pope 1). The motto he chose was
"Obedueinta et Pax" or Obiedeince and Peace." This motto not only served him in consideration as bishop, but also provided......
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