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His most famous encyclicals were Mother and Teacher (1961) and Peace on Earth (1963). Pope John XXIII enlarged the membership in the College of Cardinals and made it more international. At his address at the opening of the Second Vatican Council, he criticized the “prophets of doom” who “in these modern times see nothing but prevarication and ruin.” Pope John XXIII set a tone for the Council when he said, “The Church has always opposed… errors. Nowadays, however, the Spouse of Christ prefers to make use of the medicine of mercy rather than that of severity.”

On his deathbed, Pope John said: “It is not that the gospel has changed; it is that we have begun to understand it better. Those who have lived as long as I have…were enabled to compare different cultures and traditions, and know that the moment has come to discern the signs of the times, to seize the opportunity and to look far ahead.”

“Good Pope John” died on June 3, 1963. St. John Paul II beatified him in 2000, and Pope Francis canonized him in 2014.

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𝘚𝘵. 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝘟𝘟𝘐𝘐𝘐, 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘰𝘥 & 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵. 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘺.

𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘯.