Pope John XXIII
The following is a statement released by the Vatican to commemorate the day.
On 3 June 1963, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, popularly referred to as 'the Good Pope', died after a five-year long pontificate that left its mark on the Church with historic reforms.
His might have seemed destined to be a transitional pontificate, but the Good Pope John, elected after three days in conclave, “knew how to rejuvenate the Church and resume dialogue with the modern world in loving trust,” according to the words of John Paul II, who declared him a Blessed in September of 2000.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/pope-john-xxiii-died-50-years-ago-today
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