The True Story Of The Vatican Council (1877)

The first pontiff to choose two names (in honor of his predecessors, John XXIII and Paul VI), he was born Albino Luciani on October 17, 1912, in Forno di Canale (now called Canale dБЂ™Agordo), Italy. He differed from his predecessors in having never held a major position in the Vatican БЂ™s internal government or diplomatic corps. Despite being prominent within Italy, he was largely unknown to the wider world. Ordained on July 7, 1935, БЂњhe studied at Rome БЂ™s Gregorian University before a brief period as curate in his childhood parish. After he was appointed to a deputy position at Belluno seminary in 1937, he spent years teaching, during which time he became vicar-general to the Bishop at Belluno. Toward the end of 1958, Pope John XXIII appointed Luciani as bishop of Vittorio Veneto, and after a slow start at the Vatican Council (1962-65), he soon became an active voice in doctrinal matters.БЂ«Named archbishop of Venice (1969) and a cardinal in 1973, he rejected many of CatholicismБЂ™s more opulent aspects and encouraged richer churches to give to poorer ones ...»