ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author talks about the religious implications of literary and philosophical texts of Angelo Roncalli. He was born in Sotto il Monte, Bergamo, in the Po valley, on November 15, 1881. He was ordained priest in 1904, served as a professor in Bergamo Seminary and served as an army chaplain in First World War. After the war he published several books on religious history, and in 1925 entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See. In 1944 he became apostolic nuncio to France, a post he held for eight years. Pope Pius XII created him a cardinal on January 12, 1953, and also made him archbishop of Venice and patriarch of Venice. Elected pope on October 28, 1958, after the death of Pius XII, he assumed the name of John XXIII. His warmth and humility captured the imagination and touched the heart of hundreds of millions, non-Catholics as well as his flock.
