A LOOK AT THE NEW ROMAN PONTIFF - Gene H Hogberg - August 28, 1978

Gene H Hogberg

With a speed that surprised even Vatican "insiders," the secret conclave of cardinals elected Cardinal Albino Luciani, 65, as 263rd Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church last Saturday during the first day's balloting in the historic Sistine Chapel. Although Cardinal Luciani had been mentioned as being among the late Pope Paul's possible successors, he was believed to have been originally far down on the list of papabili. He himself joked to an American newsman before the conclave that he was on "List C." What is obvious now however... - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library