BLESSED CHURCH Weekend Magazine April 22, 2018 Creating a Vis ion f or the Futur e Together Fourth Sunday of Easter

Is the mystery over the death of John Paul I

finally solved? ~ By Ary Waldir Ramos Diaz | Nov 06, 2017 Aleteia

A new book about Luciani presents historical data that contradict popular conspiracy theories.

lassified documents and testimonies regarding the circumstances of the death of —who led Cthe for only 33 days—will be published November 7, in the book Pope Luciani: Chronicle of a Death (Papa Luciani: Cronaca di una morte, Piemme, 252 pages), written by journalist Stefania Falasca. The prologue was penned by Pope . . . page Francis’ secretary of state, Cardinal . The book—written in Italian—shares part of the results of the Intentions. . .3 investigation carried out by Falasca, who is also the vice postulator of the cause of of John Paul I, born Albino Luciani. Offertory . . . . . 4

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The text draws on secret files from the and the medical report regarding one of the mysteries of the Catholic Church that has inspired great speculation: the death of the pope at age 66, barely a month after being elected the 263rd Successor of Peter. “The research, which has now been compiled in this book, focuses on the last hours of the life” of Pope John Paul I, and is based on “the available documentation and evidence … carried out in accordance with historical-critical criteria,” wrote Cardinal Parolin.

“He prayed, worked and smiled…”

An unexpected death Among other documents, the book cites the report drawn up by Renato Buzzonetti, the doctor who ran to the bedside of the deceased pope. The night before (7:00 p.m.), Luciani had suffered chest pains for about five minutes, but this didn’t cause great alarm.

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Death of a Pope (con’t from page 2) Angelo Gugel, the pope’s butler, confirmed that the Holy Father felt ill that night while praying with his secretary, . However, Magee recounts that the pope didn’t want anyone to worry. Consequently, he didn’t call a doctor, and as a result, he wasn’t given any medicine. Countless pages have been written about the mysterious death of the “Smiling Pope,” as he was called, who was found lifeless in his bed shortly after dawn the following morning (5:15 a.m.) on September 29, 1978, by Sister Vicenza Taffarel and Sister Margherita Marin. The who served the pope are documented as having said that Pope Luciani hadn’t been living overwhelmed with anxiety—contrary to what some people have written—after being elected to the See of Peter. He prayed, worked, and smiled, and didn’t follow any special diet or receive any special care for health reasons. Speculation Writers and journalists have delighted in presenting hypothetical connections between the story of the shortest papacy in history and the Italian Mafia and the Vatican Bank. See Death of a Pope page 5 Death of a Pope con’t from page 4

Hollywood also made its speculative The beatification will have to await However, “that morning, the coffee contribution in The Godfather 3 the due course of approval of the two was still there. After about 10 minutes, (Coppola, 1990). processes that are examining Sister Vincenza said, ‘He hasn’t come “His sudden and unexpected death” presumed through the intercession of the “Smiling Pope.” out yet? Why not?’ I was there in the has given life, in the following hallway. So, I saw that she knocked decades, “to a great number of Cardinal Parolin remembers fondly once; she knocked again, there was no theories, suspicions, and suppositions. when Albino Luciani, the reply … Still silence. Then, she He died too soon and too suddenly,” of Venice, became John Paul I. “The opened the door, and then she went in. admitted the Vatican Secretary of cardinals, certainly, didn’t elect him I was there, and I stayed outside while State in the prologue. based on political strategies, but she went in. I heard her say, ‘Your Thus, the cardinal presented Falasca’s rather, strictly according to ecclesial Holiness, you shouldn’t pull these work as putting an end to inferences jokes on me.'” Sister Vicenza had based on a lack of information, on heart problems as well. exaggeration, and on distorted “film “Then, she called me as she came noir”-style reconstructions of the out, shocked; then I went in events that took place that night and quickly with her, and I saw him. the morning of September 29, 1978. The Holy Father was in his bed, “Nor should we forget the value of the the reading light over the pages of the book’s introduction, headboard still on. He had his two before entering into the discussion of pillows under his back, which the last hours of Albino Luciani’s life; criteria.”Secretary of State Parolin propped him up a bit; his legs in them, the figure of the pope is highlighted the humility and were stretched out, his arms were on briefly but effectively outlined. simplicity of John Paul I, and his top of the sheet, in pajamas, and in his It is a useful guide for those who are personality as a bishop who was a hands, resting on his chest, he was interested in learning new details “good shepherd.” holding a few typewritten sheets. His about the death of Pope Luciani, and Eyewitness “He died too soon and for those who know little of his life and teachings,” Cardinal Parolin Amidst the collection of evidence in too suddenly …” commented. the process of beatification and , there is the eyewitness head was slightly turned to the right, On the path to beatification account of Sister Margherita Marin, with a slight smile. His glasses were Albino Luciani was born in , 77 years old, who served the pope on his nose, his eyes partially closed near Venice, in northern . The and who found him dead that … he looked just as if he were diocesan stage of his cause for morning. “He was in bed with a slight sleeping. I touched his hands, and they beatification, which began in 2003 smile,” she said. were cold; I looked, and was struck by with nearly 200 testimonies, is now Falasca interviewed the , who had the fact that his fingernails were in the hands of . That is to say, served in the ; the slightly dark.” the documents are being studied by journalist shared her revelations in Everything was in its place. There was the Vatican Congregation for ’ the Italian newspaper Avvenire (Nov. nothing to suggest that someone had Causes so they can be verified. If they 4, 2017). disturbed the peace of his bedroom. are approved, he can be declared Hopefully, the eyewitness details in blessed. On November 7, the It was 5:15 a.m., and as every other morning, Sister Vicenza (the older of this well-documented book will cardinals and bishops of the finally put equally to rest the rumors commission convoked by the Vatican the two nuns who served the pope) “had left a cup of coffee for the Holy and conspiracy theories surrounding will evaluate Luciani’s the death of Albino Luciani, Pope “heroic virtues”; they could then send Father in the outside the pope’s apartment, in front of the John Paul I. ~ Reprinted in its entirety the decree to to be with permission from Aleteia signed in the coming days. chapel. We’re Catholic: It’s What we Do This Week at Blessed Trinity

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