persecution. he was trying to carve out space for church freedom. he just believed that ultimately truth and justice are going to prevail. wojtyla had taken on the communists. in august, 1978, a new pope, john paul i is elected. an extraordinary turn of eepts, he has a massive heart attack, dies in his sleep. john paul i dies after 30 days. and you have to have another election immediately. the cardinals saw the death of john paul i as a message from god, that maybe they needed to think in a little bit more unconventional way. why elect a non-italian slavic pope and make the radical change with the past? and that election brings for
he was always trying to carve out space for church freedom. he just believed that ultimately truth and justice are going to prevail. wojtyla had taken on the communists. in august, 1978, a new pope, john paul i is elected. an extraordinary turn of events, he has a massive heart attack, dies in his sleep. john paul i dies after 30 days. and you have to have another election immediately. the cardinals saw the death of john paul i as a message from god, that maybe they needed to think in a little bit more unconventional way. why elect a non-italian slavic pope and make the radical change with the past? and that election brings