“A little group who make the council say things that in reality it does not say, planning a radical rush toward another council that still does not exist, a Vatican III.”
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John Paul I
Pope John Paul I was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 26 August 1978 until his death 33 days later. His reign is among the shortest in papal history, giving rise to the first year of three popes since 1605. John Paul I remains the most recent Italian-born pope, the last in a succession of such popes that started with Clement VII in 1523. He was the first pope to have…
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culture · Head of the Catholic Church in 1978 · Latin Catholic priest · writer · transitional deacon · university teacher · Latin Catholic bishop · also John Paul I, Pope John Paul I, Pope Giovanni Paolo I, Iohannes Paulus PP. I, Blessed John Paul I, JPI
Born 17 October 1912 · Died 28 September 1978 · Q37278
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2026· 1 entry
2017· 1 entry
Titled Pope Luciani, Chronicle of a Death, in which she revealed that John Paul I had complained of chest pains hours before his death and the evening before, but paid no attention to them and ordered that his doctor not
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2016· 1 entry
That a potential miracle attributed to the late pontiff's intercession happened to a nun in Buenos Aires in Argentina
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2006· 1 entry
The Italian Public Broadcasting Service, RAI, produced a television miniseries about the life of John Paul I, called Papa Luciani: Il sorriso di Dio (literally, "Pope Luciani: The Smile of God")
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1990· 1 entry
With the petition by 226 Brazilian bishops, including four cardinals
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1979· 1 entry
And 1980, after the real John Paul I's death
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1978· 19 entries
Died 1978-09-28.
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“Niekiedy proszę naszego Pana, żeby mnie zabrał.”
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Career landmark: Pope (1978–1978).
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Forbade the Tridentine Mass in the Archdiocese of Venice
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When asked for his reaction to the birth of the first test-tube baby Louise Brown, Luciani expressed concerns about the possibility that artificial insemination could lead to women being used as "baby factories", but he
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“Opis: w wywiadzie udzielonym Vittoremu Franca w dniu 7 września 1978.”
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“Opis: słowa z 26 sierpnia 1978 w Kaplicy Sykstyńskiej.”
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“Ale dlaczego wybrali właśnie mnie?”
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“Boże mój, zabierz mnie stąd!”
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“Bóg jest naszym Ojcem… Więcej: On jest naszą Matką!”
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“Gdybym wiedział, że kiedyś zostanę papieżem, bardziej bym się przykładał do nauki w szkole!”
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“[Kochać] całym sercem. Podkreślam ten przymiotnik: „całym”! (…) Bóg jest zbyt wielki, zbyt wiele Mu się od nas należy, aby rzucić Mu tylko kilka okruchów naszego czasu i naszego serca. (…) Pieniądze, przyjemności, fortuny tego świata, w porównaniu z Nim, to tylko fragmenty dobra i uciekające momenty szczęścia. Nie byłoby mądrze tak bardzo oddać siebie tym rzeczom, a tak mało siebie dać Jezusowi.”
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“Opis: o swoim apelu do księży, by sprzedali kościelne kosztowności, aby wesprzeć ośrodek dla upośledzonych.”
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“Opis: modlitwa której nauczyła go mama.”
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“Musicie wiedzieć, że wasz papież był osiem razy w szpitalu i przeszedł cztery operacje!”
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“Nie powinno mnie tu być. Moje miejsce zajmie cudzoziemiec (straniero): błagałem naszego Pana!”
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“Podróże z miłości do Boga są o wiele ciekawsze. (...) Ta podróż niesie ze sobą także ofiary, ale one nie powinny nas wstrzymywać. Jezus jest na krzyżu. Chcesz Go pocałować? Nie możesz zrobić nic innego, jak wspiąć się na krzyż i pozwolić się skaleczyć kilkoma cierniami z korony, która jest na głowie Pana.”
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“Postać papieża jest zbyt wychwalana. Istnieje ryzyko popadnięcia w kult jednostki, czego ja absolutnie nie chcę. Centrum wszystkiego jest i musi być Chrystus.”
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“Opis: modlitwa ułożona przez Jana Pawła I.”
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1976· 1 entry
Luciani sold a gold cross and pectoral gold chain that Pope John XXIII had given to him (which once belonged to Pope Pius XII before him) to raise money for disabled children
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1975· 1 entry
Suggested disciplinary punishment for priests who spoke out in favour of the Communist Party or other leftist groups
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1973· 1 entry
Career landmark: cardinal (1973).
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1971· 1 entry
To which he was personally invited by Pope Paul VI, Luciani suggested to the bishops assembled that dioceses in countries that were heavily industrialised should relinquish around 1% of all their income to Third World na
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1969· 2 entries
Luciani was cautious of de facto relationships as a lesser evil to divorce
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Career landmark: patriarch of Venice (1969–1978).
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1968· 1 entry
As Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, he submitted a report to his predecessor as the Patriarch of Venice, Giovanni Urbani, that argued that the contraceptive pill should be permitted
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1966· 1 entry
Since the people wanted their own choice, rather than the one Luciani had settled on
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1958· 1 entry
Career landmark: Roman Catholic Bishop of Vittorio Veneto (1958–1969).
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1954· 1 entry
Was named the vicar general for the Belluno diocese
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1949· 1 entry
Published a book titled Catechesis in crumbs
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1947· 1 entry
Was named chancellor to Bishop Girolamo Bortignon of Belluno, and was appointed a Supernumerary Privy Chamberlain of His Holiness, the most junior class of papal prelate, on 15 December
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1943· 1 entry
“Opis: o spotkaniu Hitlera i Mussoliniego w pobliskiej miejscowości w 1943.”
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1941· 1 entry
Luciani started to work on a Doctorate of Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University
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1923· 1 entry
Where his teachers found him "too lively", and later went on to the major seminary of Belluno
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1922· 1 entry
Aged 10, he was awestruck when a Capuchin friar came to his village to preach the Lenten sermons
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1917· 1 entry
Claimed to see apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary (revered in this form under the title Our Lady of Fatima)
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1912· 1 entry
Born 1912-10-17.
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