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Pope Francis has written a preface to a new collection of Pope John Paul I’s papal documents, entitled The Magisterium: Text and Documents from the Pontificate, published by the John Paul I Foundation and Libreria Editrice Vaticana (LEV) San Paolo. The book, which comes ahead of the beatification of the man known as the “Smiling Pope” later this year, includes the short-reigned pontiff’s notes and reflections, homilies, speeches letters, and General Audience and Angelus remarks. Born Albino Luciani in Italy in 1912, Pope John Paul I died unexpectedly 34 days after taking office in 1978.
Francis’s preface to the collection of Pope Luciani’s writings (available in Italian here and in Spanish here) consists of three paragraphs which include a thumbnail sketch of his predecessor, a summary of the highlights of his brief pontificate, and closes with extended quotations from a homily in honor of John Paul I delivered by the former Archbishop of San Salvador, St. Oscar Romero after the pope’s death. In the preface, Francis summarizes and directly quotes from Romero’s homily, which characterizes the significance, not only of John Paul, but of the modern papacy and the post-conciliar Church.
Pope Francis has written a preface to a new collection of Pope John Paul I’s papal documents, entitled The Magisterium: Text and Documents from the Pontificate, published by the John Paul I Foundation and Libreria Editrice Vaticana (LEV) San Paolo. The book, which comes ahead of the beatification of the man known as the “Smiling Pope” later this year, includes the short-reigned pontiff’s notes and reflections, homilies, speeches letters, and General Audience and Angelus remarks. Born Albino Luciani in Italy in 1912, Pope John Paul I died unexpectedly 34 days after taking office in 1978.
Francis’s preface to the collection of Pope Luciani’s writings (available in Italian here and in Spanish here) consists of three paragraphs which include a thumbnail sketch of his predecessor, a summary of the highlights of his brief pontificate, and closes with extended quotations from a homily in honor of John Paul I delivered by the former Archbishop of San Salvador, St. Oscar Romero after the pope’s death. In the preface, Francis summarizes and directly quotes from Romero’s homily, which characterizes the significance, not only of John Paul, but of the modern papacy and the post-conciliar Church.