00:00Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, born in 1881 into a peasant family in Lombardy.
00:07Ordained a priest, he served the Church as a teacher, military chaplain, then diplomat in Bulgaria, Turkey and France.
00:17He became Patriarch of Venice before being elected Pope in 1958 under the name John XXIII.
00:24His pontificate was marked by great simplicity and profound pastoral kindness.
00:31In 1959, he announced the convocation of the Second Vatican Council in order to promote the renewal of the Church and the
00:40dialogue with the contemporary world.
00:43John XXIII died in 1963 after publishing, among other things, the encyclical Pachem in Terris.
00:52Canonized in 2014, he is celebrated with an optional memorial on October 11, the anniversary of the opening of the Vatican Council.
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