Pope John XXIII, who died 50 years ago Monday, ... Pope Francis prays at the tomb of Blessed John XXII in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Monday, the 50th anniversary of his death.

Pope John XXIII signs his encyclical "Peace on Earth" ("Pacem in Terris") at the Vatican in this 1963 file photo. (CNS photo) A Reflection for the Feast of Pope St. John XXIII ...

VATICAN CITY (CNA/EWTN News) — All day June 3 in St. Peter’s Basilica, pilgrims filed past the flower-covered tomb of Blessed Pope John XXIII, who died on June 3 in 1963.

Emanuele Roncalli, a great-nephew who was 3 years old when John XXIII died, said he had mixed feelings about the display. “Pope John refused to be carried around on a ceremonial chair, and maybe ...

V A T I C A N   C I T Y, March 27 -- A leading cardinal present when the coffin of Pope John XXIII was opened after 38 years today said the pontiff looked as if he had “died yesterday ...

VATICAN CITY, March 24 -- The Vatican secretly exhumed the body of Pope John XXIII earlier this year, and found his features had remained the same as when he was buried 37 years ago, the Italian ...

Vatican City, Jun 3, 2011 / 11:56 am. All day in St. Peter’s Basilica pilgrims have been filing past the flower-covered tomb of Blessed Pope John XXIII, who died on this day in 1963.

The life of Blessed John XXIII is a lesson in how obedience and trust in God lead to an interior peace that is naturally recognized by and shared with others, Pope Francis said.Joining a ...

Pope Benedict XVI visited John XXIII’s tomb yesterday and spoke afterward to 3,000 pilgrims from Blessed John XXIII’s home diocese of Bergamo, Italy, who came to St. Peter’s Basilica for a ...

St. John XXIII was also previously buried in the same place, which is fewer than 100 feet from the tomb of St. Peter the Apostle, the Catholic Church’s first Pope.