Pope John Paul I

The ceremony in St. Peter's Square on Sunday constituted the last formal step in the Vatican before possible sainthood for Albino Luciani, an Italian who ...

First it said that a priest who served as his secretary found him, but later acknowledged John Paul was found dead by one of the nuns who brought him his customary morning coffee. The Vatican said John Paul died of a heart attack, but no autopsy was done. Now a young woman, Candela Giarda told a Vatican press conference last week via a video message that she had wanted to attend the ceremony but couldn't because she recently broke a foot working out in a gym.

Pontiff praises 'the smiling pope' in public ceremony in Vatican marking last formal step before canonisation.

But a local priest took “the initiative to invoke Pope Luciani”, the Vatican added, and she recovered. The absence of an autopsy to determine the cause of death also helped fuel speculation. The pope added that John Paul lived “without compromise” and had also “conquered the temptation” to put himself “at the centre or to seek glory”. “With a smile, Pope John Paul managed to communicate the goodness of the Lord,” he said during mass. Despite initially claiming he had been found by a priest who served as his secretary, it later acknowledged he had been found dead by one of the nuns who used to bring him his morning coffee. Pope Francis has beatified John Paul I, the happy and humble pontiff known as “the smiling pope”, whose

In one of the shortest pontificates in papal history, John Paul I gained a reputation for his humility and his dedication to teaching the faith in an ...

John Paul I was the first pope to be born in the 20th century and the most recent pope to be born in Italy. As a cardinal, Luciani published a collection of “open letters” to historic figures, saints, famous writers, and fictional characters. “As Pope John Paul I said, if you want to kiss Jesus crucified, ‘you cannot help bending over the cross and letting yourself be pricked by a few thorns of the crown on the Lord’s head’ (General Audience, 27 September 1978).

Pope John Paul I, who died in 1978 after only 33 days as pontiff, moved closer to sainthood on Sunday with the Vatican still having to dismiss lingering ...

It was a natural death. Doctors said he died of a heart attack and aides said he had complained of chest pains the day before but did not take them seriously. 29 to bring coffee found him dead in his bed. He was elected pope on Aug. Peter's Square before tens of thousands of people. Pope Francis beatified his predecessor at a ceremony in St.