Pope John XXIII
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was born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli in Sotto il Monte, on November 25, 1881. He was educated in Bergamo and Rome and ordained a priest in 1904. During World War I he served as a medical sergeant and then as a chaplain. In 1921 he helped reorganize the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, and ....
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.... been completed. The Council’s purpose was to bring about the renewal of Roman Catholic religious life through the updating of church teaching, discipline, and organization and to encourage the unification of Christians and of all humanity. Another of ’s accomplishments was writing seven encyclical letters. Many of these letters stressed the importance of human rights.
Another important thing that did as pope, was be open to other faiths. This was shown by his establishment in 1960 of th ....
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