Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was born November 25, 1881, in a small town located in northern Italy. As he would complete his catholic school education, Angelo decided to join the priesthood and offer his services in World War I. After his service as a chaplain in the war, he would be promoted to the cardinal-patriarch of Venice and the observer of the Holy See at United Nation Education Scientific Cultural Organization (UNESCO), where he would address the general assemblies of UNESCO about world peace. He would continue rise in church positions until 1958 when he became the elected pope of Holy See until his death in 1963. Angelo Roncalli will be known as the Pope Saint John XXIII and forever remembers for his deeds that saved the world from disaster
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As a response to the United States’s failure in the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the USSR was allowed to intervene in Cuba by their president, Fidel Castro. The USSR wanted to establish nuclear missiles, which they would be 90 miles away from the United States’ southern mainland. This USSR’s threat wasn’t taken lightly by the United States’ president, John F. Kennedy, who decided to form a blockade of Cuba and increase the tight tension between the two superpowers. As the start of another world war was approaching, an astounding assistance came from the Vatican. Pope John XXIII would serve as a mediator between the two nuclear powers of the world during the most apprehensive moments of the Cold War. The pope would read a message that would stun the world. “I beg heads of state not to remain insensitive to the cry of humanity. That they do all that is in their power to save peace. They will thus spare the world from the horrors of a war whose terrifying consequences no one can predict. ” His efforts would leave the world in a positive direction as the following day, the newspapers were urging his message, “…beg all governments not to remain deaf to this cry of humanity.” The USSR’s and the United States’ officials were
As a response to the United States’s failure in the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the USSR was allowed to intervene in Cuba by their president, Fidel Castro. The USSR wanted to establish nuclear missiles, which they would be 90 miles away from the United States’ southern mainland. This USSR’s threat wasn’t taken lightly by the United States’ president, John F. Kennedy, who decided to form a blockade of Cuba and increase the tight tension between the two superpowers. As the start of another world war was approaching, an astounding assistance came from the Vatican. Pope John XXIII would serve as a mediator between the two nuclear powers of the world during the most apprehensive moments of the Cold War. The pope would read a message that would stun the world. “I beg heads of state not to remain insensitive to the cry of humanity. That they do all that is in their power to save peace. They will thus spare the world from the horrors of a war whose terrifying consequences no one can predict. ” His efforts would leave the world in a positive direction as the following day, the newspapers were urging his message, “…beg all governments not to remain deaf to this cry of humanity.” The USSR’s and the United States’ officials were