Pope John XXIII
Pope John XXIII
Pope Saint John XXIIIborn Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, Italian pronunciation: ; 25 November 1881 – 3 June 1963) reigned as Pope from 28 October 1958 to his death in 1963 and was canonized on 27 April 2014. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was the fourth of fourteen children born to a family of sharecroppers who lived in a village in Lombardy. He was ordained to the priesthood on 10 August 1904 and served in a number of posts, including papal nuncio in France and a delegate to...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth25 November 1881
CountryItaly
Pope John XXIII quotes about
I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near your heart.
What unites us, is much greater than what divides us.
Do not walk through time without leaving worthy evidence of your passage.
The Rosary is a school for learning true Christian perfection.
Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.
I am made to tremble and I fear!
It is now for the Catholic Church to bend herself to her work with calmness and generosity. It is for you to observe her with renewed and friendly attention.
The mark of Cain is stamped upon our foreheads. Across the centuries, our brother Abel was lain in blood which we drew, and shed tears we caused by forgetting Thy love. Forgive us, Lord, for the curse we falsely attributed to their name as Jews. Forgive us for crucifying Thee a second time in their flesh. For we knew not what we did.
... just as food is necessary to the life of the body, so good reading is necessary to the life of the soul.
Mankind is a great, an immense family... This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas.
Anybody can be Pope; the proof of this is that I have become one.
The Catholic Church has a dignity far surpassing that of every merely human society, for it was founded by Christ the Lord. It is altogether fitting, therefore, that the language it uses should be noble, majestic, and non-vernacular.
There is a common belief that under modern conditions peace cannot be assured except on the basis of an equal balance of armaments...[but] true and lasting peace among nations cannot consist in the possession of an equal supply of armaments but only in mutual trust.
The Rosary is a magnificent and universal prayer for the needs of the Church, the nations and the entire world.