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Pope John XXIII

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1958 to 1963.

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Dates
25 Nov 1881 – 3 Jun 1963
Also known as
John XXIII, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, Saint John XXIII
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  1. Life 25 Nov 1881 – 3 Jun 1963
  2. head of Catholic Church (Pope) 28 Oct 1958 – 3 Jun 1963

Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was elected pope in October 1958 and took the name John XXIII. He headed the Catholic Church until his death in June 1963.

On 25 October 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, he made a radio appeal for peace to world leaders. In April 1963 he issued the encyclical Pacem in Terris.

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  1. 25 Nov 1881 – 3 Jun 1963 Pope John XXIII
  2. 28 Oct 1958 – 3 Jun 1963 Pope John XXIII head of Catholic Church
  3. 25 Oct 1962 Pope John XXIII intervened in Cuban Missile Crisis
  4. 11 Apr 1963 Pope John XXIII authored Pacem in Terris
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  1. Pope John XXIII (biography for the beatification), Catholic Church, 3 Sep 2000. Primary record
    At the death of Pius XII he was elected Pope on 28 October 1958, taking the name John XXIII.
  2. Message du Pape Jean XXIII pour la paix (25 octobre 1962), Catholic Church, 25 Oct 1962. Primary record
    l'Eglise n'a rien tant à coeur que la paix et la fraternité entre les hommes, et elle travaille, sans se lasser, à les établir.
  3. Address of Pope Francis on the 50th anniversary of Pacem in Terris, Catholic Church, 3 Oct 2013. Primary record
    At the end of 1962 humanity was on the brink of an atomic world war and the Pope raised a dramatic and heart-rending appeal for peace, thus turning to all those in positions of power
  4. Pacem in Terris: Encyclical of Pope John XXIII on establishing universal peace, Catholic Church, 11 Apr 1963. Primary record
    Given at Rome, at St. Peter's, on Holy Thursday, the eleventh day of April, in the year 1963, the fifth of Our Pontificate.
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