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John Paul II on his predecessor, Pope John Paul I (The Smiling Pope)

Karol Jozef Wojtyla was elected to succeed John Paul I as Pope on Monday, October 16, 1978. . After his first Mass as Pope, he spoke about his predecessor, Pope John Paul I:

"What can we say of John Paul I? It seems to us that only yesterday he emerged from this assembly of ours to put on the papal robes—not a light weight. But what warmth of charity, nay, what 'an abundant outpouring of love'—which came forth from him in the few days of his ministry and which in his last Sunday address before the Angelus he desired should come upon the world. This is also confirmed by his wise instructions to the faithful who were present at his public audiences on faith, hope and love." (source: L'Osservatore Romanon, Weekly Edition in English, October 26 1978, p.3)

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Pope John Paul I's Coat of Arms

Pope John Paul I on his throne greeting future Pope Benedict XVI.