Saint John XXIII
Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (Saint John XXIII) was born in Italy in 1881. Very young he entered the seminary, where he wrote his spiritual notes, which he would write until the end of his days and which are included in the "Diary of the soul." On March 1, 1896, the spiritual director of the seminary admitted him to the Secular Franciscan Order, whose Rule he professed on May 23, 1897. He would then be ordained a priest, on August 10, 1904.
In 1915, when Italy went to war, He was named military chaplain of the wounded soldiers returning from the front. In 1921, he was placed at the service of the Holy See, when he was called to Rome by Benedict XV as president for Italy of the Central Council for the Propagation of the Faith. His episcopal consecration was on March 19, 1925. When World War II broke out it was in Greece, which was devastated. He helped prisoners of war and saved many Jews with the "transit visa" of the apostolic delegation. In December 1944 Pius XII appointed him an apostolic nuncio in Paris...
After the death of Pius XII, he was elected Pope on October 28, 1958, and took the name of John XXIII. His pontificate, which lasted less than five years, presented him to the world as a good Shepherd. He convened the Roman Synod, instituted a Commission for the revision of the Code of Canon Law and convened the Second Vatican Council.
People saw in him a reflection of God's goodness and began to call him "the good Pope." His person, initiator of a great renewal in the Church, radiated the peace of those who trust in the Lord. He died the afternoon of June 3, 1963. John Paul II beatified him on September 3, 2000, and was canonized on April 27, 2014, by S.S. Francis. His feast is celebrated on October 11, remembering that on that day he solemnly inaugurated the Second Vatican Council in 1962.
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Commemorative plaque of SS. John XXIII in the Franciscan temple of the Annunciation. Nazareth, Israel.
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