Giovanni Francesco (1891–1956), who married Caterina Formenti in 1919.Assunta Casilda (1886–1980), who married Giovanni Battista Marchesi in 1907.Francesco Saverio (1883–1976), who married Maria Carrara in 1907.Teresa (1879–1954), who married Michele Ghisleni in 1899.He was the eldest son of Giovanni Battista Roncalli (1854–1935) and his wife Marianna Giulia Mazzola (1855–1939), and fourth in a family of thirteen. John XXIII today is affectionately known as the Good Pope ( Italian: il Papa buono).Īngelo Giuseppe Roncalli was born on 25 November 1881 in Sotto il Monte, a small country village in the Bergamo province of the Lombardy region of Italy. He was canonized alongside Pope John Paul II on 27 April 2014. On 5 July 2013, Pope Francis – bypassing the traditionally required second miracle – declared John XXIII a saint, based on his virtuous, model lifestyle, and because of the good which had come from his opening of the Second Vatican Council. His cause for canonization was opened on 18 November 1965 by his successor, Pope Paul VI, who declared him a Servant of God. He did not live to see the Vatican Council to completion. In doctrinal matters, he was a traditionalist, but he ended the practice of automatically formulating social and political policies on the basis of old theological propositions. He promoted ecumenical movements in cooperation with other Christian faiths. He used the opportunity to name the first cardinals from Africa, Japan, and the Philippines. He dropped the traditional rule of 70 cardinals, increasing the size to 85. His overall goal was to modernize the Church by emphasizing its pastoral role, and its necessary involvement with affairs of state. He especially reached out to the Eastern Orthodox churches. In international affairs, his 'Ostpolitik' engaged in dialogue with the communist countries of Eastern Europe.

In Italian politics, he prohibited bishops from interfering with local elections, and he helped the Christian Democracy party to cooperate with the Italian Socialist Party. His views on equality were summed up in his statement, 'We were all made in God's image, and thus, we are all Godly alike.' He made a major impact on the Catholic Church, opening it up to dramatic unexpected changes promulgated at the Vatican Council and by his own dealings with other churches and nations. John XXIII made many passionate speeches during his pontificate. Pope John XXIII surprised those who expected him to be a caretaker pope by calling the historic Second Vatican Council (1962–1965), the first session opening on 11 October 1962. Roncalli was unexpectedly elected pope on 28 October 1958 at age 76 after eleven ballots. In a consistory on 12 January 1953 Pope Pius XII made Roncalli a cardinal as the Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca in addition to naming him as the Patriarch of Venice.

He was ordained to the priesthood on 10 August 1904 and served in a number of posts, as nuncio in France and a delegate to Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. He was among 13 children born to Marianna Mazzola and Giovanni Battista Roncalli in a family of sharecroppers who lived in Sotto il Monte, a village in the province of Bergamo, Lombardy. Pope John XXIII ( Latin: Ioannes XXIII Italian: Giovanni XXIII ), born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli ( Italian: 25 November 1881 – 3 June 1963), was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death in June 1963. Message of Pope John XXIII at the inauguration of Brasília as the new capital of Brazil

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