ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 11th of October WELCOME! SAINT JOHN XXIII., POPE ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index Pope John XXIII was born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli on November 25, 1881, the fourth of fourteen children, in the small country village of Sotto il Monte, Lombardi, Italy. His family worked as sharecroppers. In 1904 Angelo completed his doctorate in theology and was ordained a priest. In 1905 the new bishop of Bergamo appointed Fr Angelo as his secretary. HE WAS NAMED AS SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR OF THE SEMINARY During World War I, Fr Angelo was drafted into the Royal Italian Army, serving in the medical corps as a stretcher bearer and chaplain. After being discharged from the army Fr Angelo was named as spiritual director of the seminary. In 1921 Fr Angelo travelled to Rome, where the Pope appointed him as the Italian President of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. In 1925 Fr Angelo was made an Archbishop and appointed by the Pope as Apostol...