Category Archives: Papa Luciani (Pope John Paul I)

John Paul I wrote this while he was still Patriarch of Venice.

I came across another website dedicated to Papa Luciani (Pope John Paul I) today. Check it out. Has some good information about him, his hometown, a memorial to him in Northern Italy, etc. Log on to: Papa Luciani Foundation Some … Continue reading →

Thanks to Lori Pieper and her dedication to Papa Luciani, I ran across a quote from Pope John Paul I. He was writing to the people of the diocese of Vittoria Veneto where he was bishop in 1966. He had … Continue reading →

I discovered today that in Malta there is a home for the disable named Id-Dar tal-Providenza.  It was founded in 1965 by Mgsr. Mikiel Azzopardi who had a dream of offering a home with a warm and family-like atmosphere for … Continue reading →

My time as a civilian employee of the US Army was uneventful. I was stationed at the base at Wiesbaden and worked with the local Catholic chaplain there. I gave my first homily there, and my last in Wiesbaden was … Continue reading →

I as inconspicuously as possible turned to my right and made a fairly large loop around the Swiss Guard, the cameramen and various others who were standing to the right of the basilica. I was able to enter into the … Continue reading →

September 3, 1978 arrived. I went again to St. Peter’s and entered through the main doors. Back then, there was no visible security save a few Swiss Guards standing around.  Inside the basilica that day were tables set up with … Continue reading →

The day for rehearsal came. The four of us Americans hustled on down to St. Peter’s and reported to the location to which we were instructed to present ourselves. Msgr. Noe took us out to the front of the basilica, … Continue reading →

I want to thank Lori Pieper for her translation of a pastoral letter Papa Luciani wrote back in 1964 when he was bishop of Vittorio Veneto. I have taken an excerpt from it below. For more, log on to: http://subcreators.com/blog/category/pope-john-paul-i … Continue reading →

The day after Luciani’s election was a Sunday, so as was my custom, I hiked down to St. Peter’s for the noon Angelus and to hear the new pope speak.  I was standing in the crowd as he began that … Continue reading →

I have never written about my experience with Pope John Paul I, and my special devotion to him. I have though told the story in conversation with family and friends numerous times. I was in Oslo, Norway when I saw … Continue reading →

I was going through a trunk I have in which I have put many things from my more distant past. In the bottom were newpapers I have kept from 1978, the year of Pope Paul VI’s death and funeral, Papa … Continue reading →

I had the pleasure of receiving a comment from Lori Pieper recently. She is doing some great work researching and translating much of what Papa Luciani wrote during his lifetime. She has a website and a blog that I think … Continue reading →

The following was written by Edward W. Scott, then Moderator of the Central Committee and Philip A. Potter, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches in September, 1978 following the death of Papa Luciani. It was sent as an … Continue reading →