St. John XXIII: References & Edit History
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Biographical works include E.E.Y. Hales, Pope John and His Revolution (1965); A. Lazzarini, Giovanni XXIII (1958; Pope John XXIII, 1959); Meriol Trevor, Pope John (1967); and Paul Johnson, Pope John XXIII (1974), a good popular biography. Peter Hebblethewaite, Pope John XXIII: Shepherd of the Modern World (1985) provides the most complete biography of Pope John. The pontiff’s diary, which he began writing as a seminarian and finished when he was pope, was published as The Journal of a Soul (1965; originally published in Italian, 4th ed., 1965). His encyclicals and major public addresses may be found in The Encyclicals and Other Messages of John XXIII (1964). Pope John’s papacy and its impact on the church are discussed in most of the books about the Second Vatican Council and developments in contemporary Roman Catholicism. Among these in English are Xavier Rynne, Letters from Vatican City (1963); Gary MacEóin, What Happened at Rome? The Council and Its Implications for the Modern World (1966); and in translation, Hans Küng, The Council, Reform and Reunion (1961; originally published in German, 1960).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anniversary information added. | May 30, 2026 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: Eternal Word Television Network - Pope John XXIII Lived Out in His Life What Vatican II Tried to Condense Into Words. | Apr 25, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Nov 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - Great Lives - Chris Patten on Pope John XXIII. | Oct 14, 2025 | ||
| Revised for style and added links. | May 05, 2025 | ||
| Media added. | May 05, 2025 | ||
| Added cross-reference to most-influential popes, top questions, modernized captions. | Apr 24, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - Great Lives - Chris Patten on Pope John XXIII. | Feb 28, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CNN - Five things you need to know about Pope John XXIII. | Sep 06, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - �John XXIII and John Paul II: The Human Rights Popes�. | Jul 12, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 15, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 30, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Notre Dame - Faith - Pope St. John XXIII. | Jan 09, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia - John XXIII. | Sep 29, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Pope John XXIII. | Aug 04, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Eternal Word Television Network - Pope John XXIII Lived Out in His Life What Vatican II Tried to Condense Into Words. | Mar 18, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Eternal Word Television Network - Pope John XXIII Lived Out in His Life What Vatican II Tried to Condense Into Words. | Mar 18, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Catholic Online - St. John XXIII. | Jan 19, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Christian History Institute - Roman Catholic Reform: John XXIII. | Jul 25, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Christianity Today - Christian History - Roman Catholic Reform: John XXIII. | Aug 25, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: Franciscan Media - Saint John XXIII. | Aug 25, 2021 | ||
| Changed title of the "Assessment" section to "Legacy." | Nov 15, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Holy See - Biography of Pope John XXIII. | Mar 15, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: AmericanCatholic.org - Biography of Saint John XXIII. | Mar 15, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops - Chronobiography of John XXIII. | Feb 16, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Famous People - Biography of Pope John XXIII. | Feb 16, 2016 | ||
| Article revised to mention John XXIII's and John Paul II's canonization on April 27th, 2014. | Apr 27, 2014 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Holy See - The Holy Father - John XXIII. | Dec 18, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Holy See - The Holy Father - John XXIII. | Dec 18, 2007 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Mar 16, 2007 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Mar 16, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Jun 06, 2005 | ||
| Article revised. | Apr 17, 2003 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |