The beatification of John Paul I on September 4. Preparations are underway

Founding of the Society Albino Luciani and translation of his two most important books – yes, Roman Catholic Preparing for the beatification of Pope John Paul I.. Pope Francis will do so on Sunday 4 September at the Vatican.

– Pope Luciani moved the whole world with his simplicity and closeness to people – Archbishop Aurel Bercow of Bucharest said during the Mass. In the cathedral on the Sunday before the beatification. There was also a presentation of the Roman translation of “Letters to Famous People” and “Kalam in Outlines” by the future pope.

The event is organized by the Romanian Association Albino Luciani, which was founded this year. On August 1, she received ecclesiastical recognition from the Archdiocese of Bucharest.

John Paul I

Referring to the motto of Bishop John Paul I: “Humilitas” (Pokora), Archbishop Perso noted that “his service to the Church and his spiritual, charitable and cultural strength were based precisely on humility, a virtue which was the essence of Christianity for me”. for him”.

“Luciani is unknown in Romania and his beatification represents a good opportunity to deepen his teachings and example in the faith,” said Cristina Gregor, president of the Press Association. “He’s a very current daddy worth knowing,” Gregor argued.

The delegation of the Assembly will attend the beatification ceremony. Angelus TV will broadcast the Mass from the Vatican.

John Paul I, or Albino Luciani, was born on October 17, 1912 in Forno di Canal (today Canal d’Agordo) in northeastern Italy. ordained a priest on July 7, 1935. On December 15, 1958, St. John XXIII appointed him bishop of Vittorio Veneto and ordained him personally on December 27 of the same year in the Vatican. Exactly 11 years later – on December 15, 1969, Paul VI appointed him Patriarch of Venice, and on March 5, 1973, he made him part of the Congregation of Cardinals in the Church. At the conclave on August 26, 1978, Cardinal Luciani was elected pope and was the first to take two names in history: John Paul I. He died unexpectedly on the evening of September 28, 1978, after 33 days in office. It was the tenth shortest papal in the history of the Church and the first since the reign of the eleventh lion (1605).

On June 17, 2003, John Paul II authorized the opening of the beatification process, which began at the level of the Diocese of Belluno on November 23 of that year and ended on November 10, 2006. The files of the process were transferred to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. In November 2017, Pope Francis announced an edict on the heroic virtues of John Paul I, and on October 13 this year. Decree confessing a miracle with his intercession.

He would be the fifth pope of the 20th century to be elevated to the altars, after St. Pius X (1903-1914), St. John XXIII (1958-1963), St. Paul VI (1963-1978) and St. John Paul II (1978-2005).

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