Christian Feldmann
Author
Series
Publisher
Crossroad
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
"Angelo Roncalli was pope for only five years, yet he won the hearts and minds of people the world over, including many non-Catholics with his warm style and commitment to bring the Catholic Church in line with the modern world. "We are not on the earth to guard a museum," he had once said about the Church, "but to tend a blooming garden full of life." Pope John XXIII is the story of a real Christian who became pope."
"Roncalli introduced himself...