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Oct 13, 2021 · John Paul I was the last Italian pope before Italy's 455-year-long stranglehold on the papacy ended with the election of his successor, Cardinal Karol Wojtyla of Poland, who took the name John ...
Apr 2, 2014 · Pope John Paul II was ordained in 1946, became the bishop of Ombi in 1958, and became the archbishop of Krakow in 1964. He was made a cardinal by Pope Paul VI in 1967, and in 1978 became the first ...
John Paul I, pope whose 33-day pontificate in 1978 was the shortest in modern times. He was the first pope to choose a double name and did so in commemoration of his two immediate predecessors, John XXIII and Paul VI. He was the first pope in centuries who refused to be crowned and was known as ‘The Smiling Pope.’
In December 1986, a play by Mark E. Smith of British post-punk band The Fall, Hey! Luciani: The Life and Codex of John Paul I, was staged for two weeks in London, starring performance artist Leigh Bowery. It drew on conspiracy theories about the pope's death. The Fall's single "Hey!
Dec 24, 2021 · By Vatican News staff writer. Pope John Paul I will be beatified on 4 September 2022 in a celebration presided over by Pope Francis in the Vatican. In October, the Holy Father signed a decree recognizing a miracle attributed to the intercession of John Paul I (Albino Luciani), clearing the way for his beatification.
The 2001 edition of the Annuario Pontificio introduced "almost 200 corrections to its existing biographies of the popes, from St Peter to John Paul II". The corrections concerned dates, especially in the first two centuries, birthplaces and the family name of one pope.
Sep 4, 2022 · Associated Press. Sept. 4, 2022 3:36 AM PT. VATICAN CITY —. Pope Francis on Sunday beatified one of his predecessors, John Paul I, a briefly serving pontiff who distinguished himself with his ...
