| Author: | Josephine Robinson | ISBN: | 9781784694166 |
| Publisher: | Catholic Truth Society | Publication: | July 31, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Catholic Truth Society | Language: | English |
| Author: | Josephine Robinson |
| ISBN: | 9781784694166 |
| Publisher: | Catholic Truth Society |
| Publication: | July 31, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Catholic Truth Society |
| Language: | English |
Angelo Roncalli, intelligent, modest, joyful and from the humblest of origins, became Pope aged 78. Yet his short papacy (1958-1963) inaugurated the most significant event in Church life for centuries: the Vatican Council II. The moving spiritual journey told here - his ambitions and failures, his family and the years overseas as a papal representative - reveal the gentle heart of a true pastor.
Angelo Roncalli, intelligent, modest, joyful and from the humblest of origins, became Pope aged 78. Yet his short papacy (1958-1963) inaugurated the most significant event in Church life for centuries: the Vatican Council II. The moving spiritual journey told here - his ambitions and failures, his family and the years overseas as a papal representative - reveal the gentle heart of a true pastor.
