VATICAN CITY - Thousands of people are expected to gather in St Peter's Square on Sunday as Pope Francis presides over the beatification of John Paul I, the so-called"Smiling Pope" who led the Catholic Church for just 33 days before dying in contested circumstances.
His death sparked intense speculation as to the cause, from suicide - he seemed reluctant to take on the position of pope - to murder, allegedly by those who opposed his plans to reform the church, particularly the powerful Vatican bank. For example, his lifeless body - sitting in bed, his reading glasses on his nose and typewritten documents in his hand - was found by a nun.
The miracle was the sudden healing of a gravely ill 11-year-old girl in Buenos Aires in 2011, after a local priest prayed to the late pontiff. Born on Oct 17, 1912, in the northern Italian town of Canale d'Agordo, John Paul I rose to become Patriarch of Venice, Cardinal and then head of the Catholic Church.
I always wondered if they killed that guy--he was very reform minded. I notice the current reform-minded guy lives in a dormitory and eats communally, so if one is poisoned, they all are. And he's surrounded by witnesses.
Crackpot religion. The rituals are interesting but how the hell can you take this seriously?
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