Beatification, that is, recognition as blessed, precedes canonization – canonization. The pontificate of John Paul I was one of the shortest, lasting only 33 days.
Pope Francis announced on Sunday, September 4, that he blessed one of his predecessors in the Holy See – John Paul I, who died in 1978, according to the Credo.
His pontificate was one of the shortest in the history of the Catholic Church, lasting only 33 days.
Beatification, that is, the enumeration by the Catholic Church of a deceased righteous person in the rank of the blessed, precedes canonization, that is, enumeration in the rank of saints.
“With a smile, Pope John Paul succeeded in conveying the goodness of the Lord,” Pope Francis said in his sermon at St. Peter’s Square.
According to him, the smile of Pope John Paul I is the example of a church “that does not close its doors, does not make its heart angry, does not complain or hold grudges, does not get angry, does not look sad and is not nostalgic for in the past.”
The stage of beatification is preceded by a detailed study of the life of the candidate for the altar, as well as the recognition of an officially registered miracle that occurred after the prayer to the righteous.
The beatification process does not begin until five years after the death of a believer. After the decision on the absence of objections, the candidate receives the title “servant of God” and a specially appointed group begins to collect materials related to the earthly life of the righteous.
In the case of John Paul I, the Catholic Church officially recognized as a miracle the healing of an Argentine woman suffering from malignant refractory epilepsy, whose parents had prayed for her patronage.
Argentine priest Father Juan José Dabusti recounted how he saw the despair of a mother who called a priest for her son after doctors said he would not live a night. He offered to pray together for the patronage of Pope Luciani.
“Seeing a girl in serious condition, I was inspired to turn to John Paul I for healing, and with her mother and some nurses present, I prayed to her … Until that moment , I have never prayed. to John Paul I about healing. Why did I invite Roxana to pray for Candela’s healing for Luciani’s patronage? I do not know. It is the Holy Spirit,” said Father Juan José Dabusti in a briefing at the Vatican press center dedicated to Sunday’s beatification.
In 2017, Pope Francis approved for promulgation a decree on the heroic measurement of the virtues of John Paul I, and in 2021, a decree on the recognition of a miracle under his patronage, which occurred on July 23, 2011.
Albino Luciani was born in the Italian province of Belluno and was elected Pope after the death of Paul VI at the end of August 1978. At that moment he was 65 years old. On September 28, 1978, he died in the Vatican of a heart attack, so he spent only 33 days on the Throne. Due to the short term of the pontificate, Ivan Paul I was called the “September Pope”, although the nickname “smiling Pope” is more attached to him.
The media called John Paul I a “revolutionary”. For the first time in the history of the papacy, he took two names in honor of his predecessors, who appointed him a bishop and a cardinal. He omitted the use of the set maiestatis – “We”, which the popes usually use in relation to themselves, and refused to use the nosh-throne.
It will be remembered that in 2018 the Vatican canonized Pope Paul VI.
News from Correspondent.net on Telegram. Subscribe to our channel Athletistic
Source: korrespondent
I am David Wyatt, a professional writer and journalist for Buna Times. I specialize in the world section of news coverage, where I bring to light stories and issues that affect us globally. As a graduate of Journalism, I have always had the passion to spread knowledge through writing.