John Paul I and Francis, the way of mercy 

In the afternoon of 26 August 1978, the Patriarch of Venice, Cardinal Albino Luciani, was elected Pope after a flash conclave. 38 years later, the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, is inaugurating the Albino Luciani Museum in the northern Italian town of Canale d’Agordo, donating the glasses which John Paul I was wearing when he ...