Please visit our store at the link directly below for HUNDREDS of HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS on sale or at PHOTO-----Two (2) COMPLETE, ORIGINALNEWSPAPERs,theBennington Banner (VT) dated Oct 28 and 29, 1958.

These newspapers containfront page headlines (and a photo) with same day coverage of the election of JOHN XXIII as the new Pope in the wake of the death of Pope Piux XII.

John XXIII, born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (25 November 1881– 3 June 1963), was Pope of the Catholic Church and ruled the Vatican City from 1958 until his death in 1963. He is the most recent Pope to date to take the name \"John\" upon being elected as Pope.

Angelo Roncalli was the fourth child of thirteen born in an Italian village to sharecroppers. He was ordained a priest in 1904 and served in various posts including appointment as Papal Nuncio in several countries, including France (1944). Pope Pius XII made Roncalli a Cardinal in 1953. Pope John was elected on 28 October 1958 at the age of 77. He surprised those who expected him to be a caretaker Pope by calling the historic Second Vatican Council (1962–1965). He did not live to see it to completion, dying in 1963, four-and-a-half years after his election, and two months after the completion of his final encyclical, Pacem in Terris.

Pope John was beatified on 3 September 2000.

Very good condition. This listing includes the2 complete entire original newspapers, NOT just a clipping or a page of them. STEPHEN A. GOLDMAN HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS stands behind all of the items that we sell with a no questions asked, money back guarantee. Every item we sell is an original newspaper printed on the date indicated at the beginning of its description. U.S. buyers pay $8 priority mail postage which includes waterproof plastic and a heavy cardboard flat to protect your purchase from damage in the mail. International postage is quoted when we are informed as to where the package is to be sent. We do combine postage (to reduce postage costs) for multiple purchases sent in the same package. We acceptpayment by PAYPAL as well as by CREDIT CARD (Visa and Master Card) through secureon-line . We list hundreds of rare newspapers with dates from 1570 through 2004 on each week and we ship packages twice a week. This is truly SIX CENTURIES OF HISTORY that YOU CAN OWN!

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