He was only shown to us . . .
Here is a link to an article in this week”s Pilot, the newspaper of the Boston Archdiocese, about the 30th anniversary of John Paul I’s death.
I was interviewed for the article, and discussed many aspects of John Paul I’s life and papacy with the author, Neil McCabe. Space restrictions evidently prevented a good part of that discussion from making the cut. I wish the article could have been longer. But at least it’s a beginning in spreading the word about this Pope.
Rocco Palmo, of Whispers in the Loggia fame, also has some cool things to say in the article.
And Rocco as also done us the service of providing then Cardinal Ratzinger of Munich’s moving memorial homily on Papa Luciani’s death here.
The future Pope Benedict commented of John Paul I: ostensus est nobis, non datus - he was shown to us rather than given. Only shown for a brief time, but lovingly remembered.
