Pope John XXIII was born to the name “Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli” circa the year 1882. After being ordained in 1904 and being drafted by the Italian military to be a chaplain, Angelo served the church in multiple other ways. Angelo became the bishop of Bulgaria, as well as the papal ambassador of Turkey and Greece. Working his way up, Angelo became pope in 1958 and took the name Pope John XXIII. People expected Pope John XXIII to do much, as he was 76 at the time, nor did they expect him to stay for long, but his actions proved otherwise. For example, the majority of popes before John XXIII chose to ate their meals alone in order to pray to God. Pope John XXIII, however, chose to invite people to meals in pursuance of becoming closer to the people
