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 Pope John XXIII - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1921, Pope Benedict XV appointed him as the Italian president of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith.
On that basis one group, the Montana-based True Catholic Church "elected" one of its priests as "pope" in the 1990s, claiming that there had been no valid pope since Pope Pius XII died in 1958.
While maintaining the traditional papal ceremonial, Pope John continued his predecessor's policy of reforming the Tridentine Mass, the last such reform of that rite before its replacement by a new vernacular liturgy as a result of Vatican II.
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 Antipope John XXIII - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John then declared that he was John XXIII to put this question to rest.
Cardinal Baldassare Cossa was one of the seven cardinals who, in May of 1408, deserted Pope Gregory XII, and, with those belonging to the obedience of Antipope Benedict XIII, convened the Council of Pisa, of which Cossa became the leader.
It should be noted, however, that the numbering of the Popes called John is debatable; for example, Gibbon refers to the Antipope John as John XXII.
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 Pope John XXIII
He explained, however, that John was his father's name and that of the catholic church where he had been baptised.
At the conclave of 25-28 Oct. 1958 he was elected at the twelfth ballot; he was consecrated Pope John the Twenty-Third on the 4th of November, the feast of his beloved patron saint, St. Charles Borromeo.
After the lengthy reign of his predecessor, whose influence was expected to last 100 years, Pope John had been elected on the 12th ballot and was an improbable pope.
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 Pope John XXIII
Pope John appreciated that the faithful need more than philosophical nuance to guide them, and that the historical moment in which each of us lives must be lived in the light of the Gospels.
Because of Jesus Christ and his gospel, the pope insisted, Christians were to be committed to justice and freedom in society.
With Pope John, the Church is accepting, welcoming and confidently sharing in the social, political and economic advances of the age.
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 Pope John XXIII Catholic Community
John XXIII goes down in history as "The Pope Of The Modern Church." On the way to sainthood, he was beatified by the Church on September 3, 2000.
Pope John XXIII Catholic Community is a newly forming parish dedicated to blending the plurality and diversity of our new parishioners into the unity of the Body of Christ.
Many saw him as an interim pope, but three months into his reign he astounded his colleagues by calling a council of all the bishops to "open the windows and examine the state of the Church." This was the birth of Vatican II Council.
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 COUNCIL OF CONSTANCEUnder Pope John XXIII
If the pope is wicked, and especially if he is foreknown to damnation, then he is a devil like Judas the apostle, a thief and a son of perdition and is not the head of the holy church militant since he is not even a member of it.
It declares that the said John Hus seduced the Christian people, especially in the kingdom of Bohemia, in his public sermons and in his writings; and that he was not a true preacher of Christ's gospel to the same Christian people, according to the exposition of the holy doctors, but rather was a seducer.
The pope does not dispense from simony or from a rash vow, since he is the chief simoniac who rashly vows to preserve, to his damnation, his status here on the way.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Antipope John XXIII
Ladislaus thereupon abandoned the cause of Gregory, and acknowledged John as legitimate pope, in recognition of which the latter withdrew his excommunication, enfeoffed Ladislaus with the Kingdom of Naples, consented to his conquest of Sicily, appointed him gonfalonier, or standard-bearer, of the Roman Church, and gave him financial aid (16 October, 1412).
He had needed this pope, as possessing ;the largest obedience, to bring about the council, but, from the summer of 1413, he had come to the conclusion that unity could be promoted only by the abdication or the deposal of all three claimants of the papacy.
As Sigismund had, even before he heard of Ruprecht's death, entered into negotiations with the Pisan pope, John exerted himself all the more readily on his behalf, and on 21 July Sigismund, who had become reconciled with his brother Wenzel of Behemia, was chosen King of Germany.
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 1962 Man of the Year: Pope John XXIII
Though Pope John has proved a happy surprise to both the Catholic Church and the world, his life is full of signposts that clearly mark his life and growth.
It is already obvious in the unusual sight of Protestant pastors and Catholic priests exchanging pulpits in Holland, of Catholic priests at the consecration of Episcopal bishops in Dallas and Boston, of a gathering of 150 priests and ministers in St. Louis to discuss reform and reunion.
It is the genius of Pope John XXIII that he sensed that the time was ripe for internal renewal in the church, and opened the way for it.
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 Almost a Saint: Pope John XXIII - November 1996 Issue of St. Anthony Messenger Magazine Online
They circulated a proposal among Council Fathers which stated: "...From Pope John the world has learned that it is not so alienated from the Church after all, nor is the Church from the world.
He claimed that Pope John felt constantly in God's presence but jealously protected his interior, spiritual life.
The decision was a vindication of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints and also suggested continuity between the two popes: If Pope John had convoked the Council, Pius had done much to prepare it.
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 AllRefer.com - John XXIII, pope (Roman Catholic Popes And Antipopes) - Encyclopedia
On Jan. 25, 1959, he quietly announced the intention of calling an ecumenical council to consider measures for renewal of the church in the modern world, promotion of diversity within the encasing unity of the church, and the reforms that had been earnestly promoted by the ecumenical movement and the liturgical movement (see liturgy).
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 Blessed John XXIII's Remains Are Now On View At St Peter's - Christianity Today Magazine
This double beatification provoked criticisms, including some from within the Catholic Church, partly because John XXIII had called a council to reform the church, while Pius IX was in many ways a conservative, centralizing authority and doctrine in the Holy See.
One of Pope John's main objectives was to enter a new phase of dialogue with other religions.
Millions of Catholics are expected to visit the basilica to pay homage to John XXIII, one of the most respected pontiffs of the 20th century.
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 Illuminating Lives: Pope John XXIII
Pope Pius X (reigned 1903 - 1914) took this isolating trend further by undertaking a purge of "Modernists", especially biblical scholars who used modern textual criticism, driving many intellectuals from the Church.
The one recommendation that the Pope followed, to appoint a Bulgarian as exarch for the Byzantine-rite Catholics, left Roncalli with no pastoral duties to perform.
When the schema was rejected by slightly less than the needed two-thirds majority of the bishops, John intervened personally to order a new commission to redraft it.
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 BIO: Pope John XXIII
He was expected by many to be a caretaker and transitional pope, but he astonished the church and the world with his energy and reforming spirit.
Angelo (John XXIII) Roncalli, bishop (3 Jun 1963)
When he died 3 June 1963, he had won the widespread affection of Christian and non-Christian alike.
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 Thomas Cahill, Pope John XXIII.
What he wanted was dialogue, conversation, and a fresh look by the Catholic bishops of the world at their church in the world.
Even the intricate theological controversies of the post-Tridentine church are given a certain narrative excitement by Cahill's incisive judgments of popes struggling either to accommodate to or reject the modernizing secular world outside the Vatican walls.
The church has declared him "blessed," a canonical term which means that he is on the way to canonical sainthood.
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 Pope John XXIII
Pope John XXIII's Declaration of Faith, made at the opening of Vatican II "I accept firmly and I receive heartily the apostolic traditions and the other methods and rules of the Church.
I also acknowledge the Holy Scripture, in the sense in which our holy mother, the Church, has accepted them still.
"On the opening day of Vatican II, John XXIII said, `The greatest concern of the Ecumenical Council is this: that the sacred deposit of Christian doctrine should be more effectively guarded and taught.'"
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 Blessed Pope John XXIII: An 'Ordinary' Holiness- September 2000 Issue of St. Anthony Messenger Magazine Online
One of the best-loved popes of the 20th century is being beatified this month.
On December 20, 1999, the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints issued a decree officially recognizing the “heroic virtues” of John XXIII.
He later said: “In the first days of this pontificate, I did not fully realize what it means to be the Bishop of Rome, and therefore the pastor of the universal Church.
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 Pope John XXIII
John XXIII was a seer, a much-needed prophet for the church in an age of global communication.
It was the Holy Father's goal to open the church to the world, to update its liturgies, to initiate dialogue between it and the rest of the world's religions.
John XXIII's canonization (some believe) has been slowed by conservative opposition to his reformist papacy.
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 Catholic Pages Directory: » Church Documents » Papal Documents » POPE JOHN XXIII
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 Pope John XXIII
Princeps Pastorum (The Pope as Christ's Prince of Shepherds) November 28, 1959
Mater Et Magistra (Church as Mother and Teacher of All Nations) May 15, 1961
Aeterna Dei Sapientia (The Eternal Wisdom of God and Pope Leo I) November 11, 1961
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 Pope John XXIII was Embalmed
In the past five months since it was exhumed, technicians have been working to keep the body preserved so that it could remain visible to the faithful.
In a surreal ceremony, John's body was carried on Sunday in a glass coffin to a new resting place in St Peter's Basilica where it will be visible to the faithful.
Before John died he entrusted a custodian to see to his funeral.
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 Pope John XXIII
Like other recent popes, the body of Pope John was not embalmed, although it was treated with chemicals so that it could be displayed for the faithful before burial.
Last year Pope John Paul II beatified Pope John XXIII, who is universally remembered for his sense of humanity and for his leadership in convoking the Second Vatican Council.
A Vatican technician present at the exhumation said that in his view there was "nothing miraculous" about the preservation of Pope John's body.
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 Pope John 23rd Church: Main
Our church is named for Pope John XXIII (see below), and serves approximately 1600 families.
Pope John XXIII Church Is located at 35 Colby Drive in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
The Pope John XXIII Parish Community covers the area of Cole Harbour, Lawrencetown.
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 Welcome to the Pope John XXIII Regional High School Website located in Sparta, NJ
A Catholic diocesan school in Sparta, NJ, Pope John XXIII endeavors to instill a strong sense of social responsibility, moral values, and the gospel spirit of freedom and charity enabling students to contribute to the Church as a whole and the larger good of society.
Pope John XXIII High School provides young men and women with an academically excellent education and develops their ideals of Christian maturity.
Celebrating 50 Years of Excellence in Catholic Education!
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 Patron Saints Index: Pope John XXIII
His heartiness, his overflowing love for humanity individually and collectively, and his freshness of approach to ecclesiastical affairs made John one of the best-loved popes of modern times.
As pope, he stressed his own pastoral duties as well as those of other bishops and clergy.
Named papal nuncio to France in 1944 where he mediated between conservative and socially radical clergy.
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 DeangelisGroup
The mini, which will start principal photography in January in Rome, follows the life of the pontiff who, during the late 1950s and early 60’s became world renowned for his efforts to transform the Catholic Church and his fight for the peace.
The English language project focuses on the last year of Pope John’s life.
His second Vatican Council convened in 1962, has been compared with Martin Luther’s Reformation in the effect it had on Christianity worldwide.
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 mhp: Pope John XXIII
Pope John XXIII -- John XXIII -- Pope John
^ Pope John XXIII (1881-11-25 to 1963-06-03)
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 Pope John XXIII Calendar
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 Pope John XXIII Quotes
Italians come to ruin most generally in three ways, women, gambling, and farming.
Born poor, but of honored and humble people, I am particularly proud to die poor.
Then I wake up completely and remember that I am the Pope.
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 PJCC Home Page
This site was updated March 16, 2006 and is maintained by the Pope John Web Design class.
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 Pope John XXIII by Paul Johnson - 0316467553
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