Forty years ago: three popes in three months
The death 40 years ago of Pope John Paul I, who reigned for just 33 days in 1978, paved the way for the Roman Catholic Church to have three pontiffs in three months. And his death was followed by the election of the first non-Italian pope in 400 years, John Paul II. On August 6, 1978, Pope Paul VI dies aged 80 of a heart attack after 15 years at the Vatican. On August 26, Cardinal Albino Luciani -- the patriarch of Venice -- is elected pope under the name John Paul I. Aged 65, the son of a bricklayer from northern Italy has "two deep ...
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