Pope John XXIII (1881–1963,) born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, was Pope from 28 October 1958 to his death in 1963. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was the fourth of fourteen children born to a family of sharecroppers that lived in a village in Lombardy. He was ordained a priest on 10 August 1904 and served in various posts including appointments as a papal nuncio in France, and a delegate to Bulgaria and Greece. Pope Pius XII made Roncalli a cardinal in a consistory on 12 January 1953 in addition to naming him the Patriarch of Venice and the Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca.
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It often happens that I wake at night and begin to think about a serious problem and decide I must tell the Pope about it. Then I wake up completely and remember that I am the Pope.
—Pope John XXIII
Topics: Leadership, Leaders, Religion
Listen to everything, forget much, correct little.
—Pope John XXIII
Topics: Listening
The true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in mutual trust alone.
—Pope John XXIII
Topics: Peace
Mankind is a great, an immense family… This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas.
—Pope John XXIII
Topics: Christmas
Nevertheless, in order to imbue civilization with sound principles and enliven it with the spirit of the gospel, it is not enough to be illumined with the gift of faith and enkindled with the desire of forwarding a good cause. For this end it is necessary to take an active part in the various organizations and influence them from within. And since our present age is one of outstanding scientific and technical progress and excellence, one will not be able to enter these organizations and work effectively from within unless he is scientifically competent, technically capable and skilled in the practice of his own profession.
—Pope John XXIII
Topics: Scientists, Science
See everything, overlook a great deal, correct a little.
—Pope John XXIII
Topics: Life and Living
It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.
—Pope John XXIII
Topics: Father
I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near your heart.
—Pope John XXIII
Topics: Eyes
Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.
—Pope John XXIII
Topics: Hope, Success, Being True to Yourself
See everything. Overlook a great deal. Improve a little.
—Pope John XXIII
Italians come to ruin most generally in three ways, women, gambling, and farming. My family chose the slowest one.
—Pope John XXIII
Topics: Nationalities, Nationality, Nationalism, Nation
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