MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
John XXIII, Pope, 1881-1963
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Descriptive Summary
Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1958, 1960
Volume: 8 item(s); 17 pg(s)
Scope and Content
This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "John XXIII, Pope".
Biography
Italian-born Angelo Guiseppe Cardinal Roncalli was elected pope in 1958 taking the name Pope John XXIII. Seen as a transitory pope because he was in his late seventies, he initiated the Second Vatican Council, ushering in the most sweeping changes to the Roman Catholic Church in centuries. In 1960, he sent Merton one of his stoles and a signed photograph. Merton wrote a letter concerning the threat of nuclear war, the war machine in the United States, and Merton's support for the peace movement. Pope John's secretary Monsignor Capovilla expressed that the Holy Father was "impressed" by the letter and pleased by his writings on peace and dialog with Protestants. Bl. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was beatified in 2000. (Source: The Hidden Ground of Love, p. 481.)
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See also published letters from Merton to Pope John XXIII in The Hidden Ground of Love, pp. 481-486; and see also the "Paul VI" and "Capovilla, Loris Francesco" files.
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