When Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was an apostolic delegate in Turkey, he reflected several times on the goal of sainthood. In 1937, he wrote, "What a duty it is for me to really become a saint!

Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was the third of thirteen children, born in 1881, into the Roncalli family, who were poor farmers in the town of Sotto il Monte, near Bergamo.

Marco Roncalli is the great-nephew of soon-to-be-canonized Blessed Pope John XXIII, Angelo Roncalli.. He is also the author of Giovanni XXIII — Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli: Una Vita Nella Storia ...

Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was born into a modest Italian family. He reached the summit of the Catholic hierarchy and died as Pope John XXIII, but he was fondly nicknamed “the Good Pope”.

Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli would always keep this in mind and heart wherever he went in life, right up to the day he entered a conclave. The world now, of course, knows this impressive young man as ...

1881: Born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli on Nov. 25. He is the fourth in a family of 13 children to Giovanni Battista and Marianna Giulia Roncalli, a family of sharecroppers in Sotto il Monte, Italy.

On Oct. 28, 1958, Cardinal Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, a rotund jolly Italian was elected to succeed the recently deceased Pope Pius XII. At age 77, most of the world believed that the new Pope John ...

Morocco, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli’s “undercover” journey MARCO RONCALLI Awaiting for Francis’ trip to Rabat from 30-31 March: future Pope John XXIII’s private transfer in 1950, and John ...

Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, Pope John XXIII (1958-63), was a forerunner in papal style and kind personality to today’s Pope Francis. Pope John’s family crest included winged lions.

Pope John XXIII, born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, was the 261st Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, serving from 1958 until his death in 1963. He is best known for convening the Second Vatican ...

Roncalli school's namesake will achieve sainthood Sunday, bringing thoughts of the former pope to the forefront for many students as well as graduates. The Rev. Charles Mangan, an Aberdeen native ...