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I want to throw open the windows of the Church so that we can see out and the people can see in.

Pope John XXIII

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Pope John XXIII
Age: 81 †
Born: 1881
Born: November 25
Died: 1963
Died: June 3
Diplomat
Roman Catholic Priest
Sotto il Monte
Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli
Angelo Roncalli
John 23
Pope John XXIII
Saint John XXIII
el `papa bo
Pope Saint John XXIII
papa Giovanni XXIII
santo Iohannes PP. XXIII
pape Jean XXIII
Johannes XXIII. Papst
Papa Juan XXIII
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The council now beginning rises in the Church like the daybreak, a forerunner of most splendid light.
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Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.
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Consult not your fears, but your hopes and your dreams.
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It often happens that I wake up at night and begin to think about a serious problem and decide I must tell the Pope about it. Then I wake up completely and remember that I am the Pope.
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The mark of Cain is stamped upon our foreheads. Across the centuries, our brother Abel was lain in blood which we drew, and shed tears we caused by forgetting Thy love. Forgive us, Lord, for the curse we falsely attributed to their name as Jews. Forgive us for crucifying Thee a second time in their flesh. For we knew not what we did.
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It is now for the Catholic Church to bend herself to her work with calmness and generosity. It is for you to observe her with renewed and friendly attention.
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See everything, overlook a great deal, correct a little.
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When I eat alone I feel like a seminarian being punished. I tried it for one week and I was not comfortable. Then I searched through Sacred Scripture for something saying I had to eat alone. I found nothing, so I gave it up and it's much better now.
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Prayer is the raising of the mind to God. We must always remember this. The actual words matter less.
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Justice comes before charity.
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Anybody can be Pope the proof of this is that I have become one.
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The whole world is my family.
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