Author: Pope John XXIII

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• Paul Durcan (1)
  • IN: Teresa's Bar (1976) Poetry, Irish
    EPIGRAPH: As does any other man on earth, I come from a family and from a particular place.
    FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, Italy
• Robert Harris (1)
  • IN: Conclave (2016) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: ‘I thought it wiser not to eat with the cardinals. I ate in my room. At the eleventh ballot I was elected Pope. O Jesus, I too can say what Pius XII said when he was elected: “Have mercy on me, Lord, according to thy great mercy.” One would say that it is like a dream and yet, until I die, it is the most solemn reality of all my life. So I’m ready, Lord, “to live and die with you”. About three hundred thousand people applauded me on St Peter’s balcony. The arc-lights stopped me from seeing anything other than a shapeless, heaving mass.’
    FROM: Pope John XXIII DIARY ENTRY, 28 OCTOBER 1958, (1958), Book, UK