John XXIII, Pope

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The pope from 1958 to 1963. Pope John, who convened the Second Vatican Council (Vatican II), was a leader in liberalizing the Roman Catholic Church.

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A few years back, designer John Galliano was fined by the government for sharing just such anti-semitic sentiments in public.
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Lee and Coogan did briefly meet with the pope, with pictures to prove it, but no one at the Vatican officially screened the film.
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ROME — What does it take for a Hollywood A-lister to get a private audience with Pope Francis?
Pope Francis Has the Pleasure of Meeting Angelina Jolie for a Few Seconds|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST

After the screening, Jolie, who says she renewed her faith in “the divine” during filming, met briefly with the pope.
Pope Francis Has the Pleasure of Meeting Angelina Jolie for a Few Seconds|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
After all, may not even John Burns be human; may not Mr. Chamberlain himself have a heart that can feel for another?
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Hamo in alluding to the early cultivation of tobacco by the colony, says, that John Rolfe was the pioneer tobacco planter.
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John Wilson, a celebrated landscape and marine painter, died at Folkstone, aged 81.
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John Thornton Kirkland, president of Harvard university, died, aged 70.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
John was baptizing at a large pool called Ænon-by-Saleim,—probably allegorical, meaning “Fountain of Repose.”
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway