John XXIII
Pope of the Century| By: | Peter Hebblethwaite |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury UK |
| Print ISBN: | 9780860123873 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781441184139 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2010 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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Angelo Roncalli was elected Pope in 1958 and in four and a half years, through summoning the Second Vatican Council and putting in hand a major revision of the code of Canon Law, had transformed the Roman Catholic Church. Through his personality and teaching, and his initiatives with world leaders, he gave the papacy a new vision and set before the Catholic Church a new version of its mission to the world. Today many people throughout the world see Pope John XXIII as one of the twentieth-century's most loved and influential figures.