From the age of 14 until his death at the age of 82, Pope John XXIII kept what he called his Journal of a Soul - the record of his growth in holiness. Elected Pope at the age of 78 he impressed the world with the breadth of his mind but also with his simplicity and his will to be at the service of others. This book covers the full span of his long career from the seminary at Bergamo to his brief but transformative papacy.