Pope Francis celebrates World War II with a mass of approximately 25,000 people this Sunday in St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican. He beat John Paul (4).
One of the shortest papacy in history, Albino Luciani, who ruled the Catholic Church from August 26 to September 28, 1978, drew applause from the crowd when the portrait of the Chinese artist Yan was unveiled. Facade of St. Peter’s Basilica.
The feast of the newly blessed will be celebrated annually on August 26, when he is elected pope. “We, accepting the wishes of our brother Renato Marangoni, Bishop of Belluno-Feltre, and many other believers, after consulting the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, accept the invocation of the venerable servant of God, John Paul I, now before the blessed”, said Francis.
After the proclamation, John Paul I’s niece, Lina Petri, carried a relic of the last Italian priest to the altar: an inscription by Albino Luciani on a white piece of paper dated 1956.
“The newly blessed embodied the poverty of the disciple, which means, above all, overcoming the temptation to put oneself in the center and seek one’s own glory,” said Jorge Bergoglio during the service.
“He was a quiet and humble pastor, following the example of Jesus.
Pope Luciani managed to convey the Lord’s goodness with his smile,” he added.
It took place after a supposed miracle attributed to St. John Paul I was recognized by the Vatican: the recovery of an 11-year-old girl in Buenos Aires suffering from “severe and acute inflammatory encephalopathy, refractory epilepsy and septic shock”. Argentina, in July 2011.
Born in Canale d’Agordo, northern Italy, on October 17, 1912, Luciani came from a humble family and sat on Peter’s throne for only 33 days.
His charismatic demeanor earned him the nickname “the pope of smiles”, and he was also the first pope to adopt a double name in honor of his two predecessors, John XXIII and Paul VI, both already canonized.
João Paulo I represented a figure of renewal in the Catholic Church, but he died on September 28, 1978, at the age of 65, the victim of a massive heart attack.
source: Noticias
