Sanctity is Always Timely
By Stephen P. White
The death of Pope Paul VI on August 6, 1978 – the Feast of the Transfiguration – was not a great surprise. The pope had been in poor and declining health for some time. He had retreated to the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo a month before and had been bedridden for several days when he suffered a massive heart attack.
Twenty days later, the Patriarch of Venice, Cardinal Albino Luciani, was elected to succeed Pope Paul. The death of Pope John Paul I, after just 33 days in office, was a tremendous shock to a Church already reeling from some very turbulent years…
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