Pope John XXIII (23rd) - (1881-1963)

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Pope John XXIII

  Pope John XXIII was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 to his death in 1963; he 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. Wikipedia

Born: November 25, 1881, Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII, Italy
Died: June 3, 1963, Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
Full name: Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli
Did you know: John XXIII is the sixth-oldest pope at election (elected at age 76 years, 337 days). wikipedia.org

The Accidental Saint

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Peace on Earth - (Pacem in Terris)

Pacem in terris (lit. Peace on Earth) was a papal encyclical issued by Pope John XXIII on 11 April 1963 on the rights and obligations of individuals and of the state, as well as the proper relations between states. It emphasized human dignity and equality among all people, and made mention of issues such as the rights of women, nuclear non-proliferation, and the United Nations, all of which it endorsed. It was the last encyclical drafted by John XXIII, who had been diagnosed with cancer in September 1962 and died two months after the encyclical's completion. Biographer Peter Hebblethwaite called it Pope John's "last will and testament".[1] Published on Holy Thursday, the Pope called it his "Easter gift".

The full title of the encyclical is On Establishing Universal Peace in Truth, Justice, Charity and Liberty. The short title Pacem in terris is derived from the opening words of the encyclical, as is customary with papal documents: