Article: THE WHAT IFS OF JOHN XXIII

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THE WHAT IFS OF JOHN XXIII By CHARLES AUSTIN, Staff Writer Date: 02-10-2002, Sunday Section: LIFESTYLE / ENTERTAINMENT Edition: All Editions -- Sunday

Pope John XXIII, by Thomas Cahill; Viking Penguin, 241 pages, $19.95.

The image of the most revolutionary pope of the last 100 years, Angelo Roncalli -- the jovial, plump Italian peasant who became Pope John XXIII and revolutionized the Roman Catholic Church by calling the Second Vatican Council -- has been almost submerged under the long and differently charismatic reign of John Paul II.

Had he served longer than five years (1958-1963), there is no doubt that the open, collegial, and reconciling personality of ...

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