Editing Pope John XXIII (section)

===Priesthood===
In 1905, [[Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi]], the new [[Bishop of Bergamo]], appointed Roncalli as his secretary. Roncalli worked for Radini-Tedeschi until the bishop's death on 22&nbsp;August 1914, two days after the death of Pius X. Radini-Tedeschi's last words to Roncalli were "Angelo, pray for peace". The death of Radini-Tedeschi had a deep effect on Roncalli.<ref>{{Citation |first=Peter |last=Hebblethwaite |title=John XXIII, Pope of the Council |edition=rev |publisher=Harper Collins |place=Glasgow |year=1994 |pages=76–77}}</ref> During this period Roncalli was also a lecturer in the diocesan [[seminary]] in [[Bergamo]].

During [[World War I]], Roncalli was drafted into the [[Royal Italian Army]] as a [[sergeant]], serving in the medical corps as a stretcher-bearer and as a [[Military Chaplain|chaplain]]. After being honorably discharged from the army in early 1919, he was named [[Spiritual direction|spiritual director]] of the seminary.<ref>{{cite web|work=Liturgy |url=https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20000903_john-xxiii_en.html |type=news |title=Pope John XXIII |publisher=Vatican |place=Rome, IT |date=3 September 2000 |access-date=23 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605050817/https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20000903_john-xxiii_en.html |archive-date=5 June 2013}}</ref> On 7 May 1921, Roncalli was appointed a [[Prelate of Honour of His Holiness|Domestic Prelate of His Holiness]], which gave him the title of ''[[Monsignor]]''.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-13-1921-ocr.pdf|title=SEGRETARIA DI STATO |trans-title=SECRETARIAT OF STATE |journal=Acta Apostolicae Sedis - Commentarium Officiale |department=Diarium Romanae Curiae |date=1 June 1921|volume=XIII |issue=7 |page=277 |language=it |access-date=9 July 2022}}</ref> On 6 November, he travelled to Rome where he was scheduled to meet the Pope. After their meeting, [[Pope Benedict XV]] appointed him as the Italian president of the [[Society for the Propagation of the Faith]]. Roncalli would recall Benedict XV as being the most sympathetic of the popes he had met.<ref>{{Citation |first=Peter |last=Hebblethwaite |title=John XXIII, Pope of the Council |edition=rev |publisher=Harper Collins |place=Glasgow |year=1994 |page=96}}</ref>