Editing Pope John XXIII (section)

===Nuncio===
On 22 December 1944, during [[World War II]], [[Pope Pius XII]] named Roncalli to be the new [[Apostolic Nuncio to France|Apostolic Nuncio to recently liberated France]].<ref>{{Citation |place=Rome, IT |title=Segretaria di stato: Nomina |trans-title=State secretary: names |journal=[[Acta Apostolicae Sedis]] |language=it |url=https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS%2036%20%5B1944%5D%20-%20ocr.pdf |volume=36 |year=1944 |page=342}}</ref> In this capacity he had to negotiate the retirement of [[Bishop (Catholic Church)|bishops]] who had collaborated with the [[German occupation of France during World War II|German occupying power]].

Roncalli was chosen among several other candidates, one of whom was Archbishop [[Giuseppe Fietta]]. Roncalli met with [[Domenico Tardini]] to discuss his new appointment, and their conversation suggested that Tardini did not approve of it. One curial prelate referred to Roncalli as an "old fogey" while speaking with a journalist.<ref>{{Citation |first=Peter |last=Hebblethwaite |title=John XXIII, Pope of the Council |edition=rev |publisher=Harper Collins |place=Glasgow |year=1994 |pages=200–201}}</ref>

Roncalli left Ankara on 27 December 1944 on a series of short-haul flights that took him to several places, such as [[Beirut]], [[Cairo]] and Naples. He ventured to Rome on 28 December and met with both Tardini and his friend [[Pope Paul VI|Giovanni Battista Montini]]. He left for France the next day to commence his newest role.<ref>{{Citation |first=Peter |last=Hebblethwaite |title=John XXIII, Pope of the Council |edition=rev |publisher=Harper Collins |place=Glasgow |year=1994 |page=200}}</ref> In November 1948, he went for his yearly retreat to the [[En-Calcat Abbey]] in Southern France.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Roncalli |first1=Angelo Giuseppe |title=Journal of a Soul |date=9 July 2000 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-0-567-12306-0 |page=132 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oSCr4lQbl30C |access-date=1 March 2024 |language=en}}</ref>