Original sentence: Although some viewed him as a person who might have succeeded Pope Pius, since Montini was not a member of the College of Cardinals, since Montini was not a member of the College of Cardinals, Angelo Cardinal Roncalli was elected pope and assumed the name Pope John XXIII
Edited sentence: Though modernist liberals viewed him as the person who would have succeeded Pope Pius, since Montini was not a member of the College of Cardinals, Angelo Cardinal Roncalli was elected pope and assumed the name Pope John XXIII