![]() ![]() The book is thus weighted toward the years long before he became Pope (or even bishop). In the seminary, young Angelo Roncalli made notations weekly, sometimes daily, while later his entries came only during annual retreats. Indeed, the final pages include a wide variety of prayers written by John for particular intentions and devotions. ![]() Mislabeled an "autobiography"-it is rather a compilation of journals kept by the Holy Father in the seminary and during retreats in the decades that followed his ordination-this volume is what the modern Christian might call a prayer journal. ![]() $14.95.Ī new edition of John XXIII's journals (originally printed in Italy in 1964 and in the United States in 1980) arrives just in time to help mediate the latest round in the perpetual struggle between competing views of his papacy, and of the great Council that he summoned. JOURNAL OF A SOUL: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF POPE JOHN XXIII. ![]()
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