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 ...

John XXIII’s tenure as pope was remarkable: He was the first pope to ever be celebrated as Time’s “Man of the Year” in 1963, and his landmark “Pacem in terris”was the first papal ...

Pope John XXIII, who will be canonized Sunday with Pope John Paul II, was a revolutionary in his own right. Elected at age 76 to be a caretaker pope, John promptly upended expectations by calling ...

Elected at age 76, the legitimate Pope John XXIII was expected to be a transitional, relatively uneventful pope following the 19-year reign of the World War II-era Pope Pius XII.

Pope John Paul II tomorrow Sept. 3 will beatify John XXIII, one of the most beloved of Roman Catholic pontiffs, and Pius IX, one of the most controversial.

Pope John XXIII was born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli at Sotto il Monte, Italy on November 2, 1881. He was the fourth child of a family of fourteen. His family was poor and worked as sharecroppers.

As a consequence, John XXIII is the most popular Pope of modern times—and perhaps ever. Heading an institution so highly organized that it has been called “the U.S. Steel of churches ...

The name “John” had not been chosen in more than five centuries, probably because of the reputation of the previous John XXIII (1410-1415) who had been deemed an anti-pope and had to resign ...

The late Pope John XXIII kept a secret diary in which, among other matters, he detailed the dilemma that faced Pope Pius XII in regard to raising his voice against Hitler’s persecution of Jews, ...

Pope John XXIII prays in Loreto, Italy, on Oct. 4, 1962, ahead of the opening of the Second Vatican Council. (photo: Courtesy of the Press Office of the Sanctuary of Loreto) ...