The Grate Italian Personality of the XXth Century – Pope John Paul I

Abstract

The Pope John Paul I is an outstanding religious representative of the Catholic Church who significantly contributed to the Italian history as well as to the Christian world. Albino Luciani is remembered as «a smiling Pope». He eloquently demonstrated how to treat people, to love them and to respect human dignity. The brief biography of Albino Luciani is described. John Paul I was a highly educated man, he knew six foreign languages. Luciani showed his strong position concerning the reformism of the Catholic Church after participation in the IInd Vatican Council of 1962-1965. After the elections the new pope John Paul I began to carry out ecclesiastic reforms in order to bring the Church nearer to people. In this article the author shows difficult struggle Luciani had to sustain with the reactionary part of the Curia. John Paul I wanted to maintain discipline in the Church. He intended to continue fulfilling the commandments of Jesus Christ. Luciani had to be occupied with grave problems such as financial scandals in the Vatican Bank, abortion and use of contraceptives. The reasons for his elimination are analyzed. Prof. Shkarovskiy proved unnatural death of John Paul I and described the murder of the Pope. Albino Luciani is a saint person. It is proved by numerous miracles all over the world.

DOI: 10.5901/ajis.2013.v2n9p544