Wholesale Pope St. John XXIII Wooden Doll Ornament

Handmade original Pope St. John XXIII wooden doll ornament. Perfect for the Christmas Tree. Bring out on feast day or for a Novena. Gift for a birthday or sacrament (Baptism, First Communion, Confirmation, Holy Orders, Marriage) celebration. Teacher, priest, grandparent gift. Affectionately called “The Good Pope,” he was born to a large poor sharecropping family in northern Italy in 1881, always proud of his down-to-earth roots. Graduating from college, ordained a priest in 1904; later drafted into the Italian army in 1914 as a chaplain and stretcher-bearer, giving him a firsthand knowledge of war. He worked in many church programs throughout his career: Society for the Propagation for the Faith, saved thousands of Jews in WWII (named the ”Righteous Gentile”), nuncio in France, and Apostolic delegate to Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey.