Rome, 28 september 1978 - Op deze dag zou Paus Johannes-Paulus I - de zogenaamde 'Lachende Paus' - de Eeuwige Vader ontmoeten

Time Magazine October 9, 1978 | The September Pope: John Paul I's sudden death stuns and saddens the Christian world - De plotselinge dood van Johannes Paulus I verbijstert en bedroeft de Christelijke wereld...

Over de Rode Schoenen van de Paus

Time Magazine - Cover Story: The September Pope
October 9, 1978 - Vol. 112 No. 15

"Early Friday morning the street cleaners and taxi drivers saw
the light burning in the papal apartment and took some comfort,
perhaps, in the thought that their Pope, like them, was already about
his duties. When the Pope did not appear at Mass time,
Father John Magee, one of his secretaries, assumed the alarm clock
had not gone off and went to knock on the bedroom door.
Receiving no answer, he entered and found John Paul propped up
on pillows in a half-sitting position, with a reading lamp still on
and Thomas a Kempis’ Imitation of Christ open beside him
[Het was echter niet "De imitatie van Christus" die hij aan het lezen was,
maar wél lijsten met namen van Curie-leden die hij wilde vervangen.].
His face bore the sort of smile that had already earned him around
the world the appellation “the smiling Pope,” as if to suggest that
he had effortlessly slipped into eternity."


Time Magazine

(= Spreekbuis van de CIA - maar op hun manier 'goed' geïnformeerd)

Link:

https://time.com/archive/6853830/cover-story-the-september-pope/