In my last blog, I talked a bit about the scandalous goings-on in the Vatican during the 1980s that influenced my depiction of events in the This Generation Series. And I thought in this blog, maybe we could take a bit of time to discuss a relatively unknown figure from that time, Pope John Paul I, Albino Luciani.

Luciani grew up in a poor family in the mountains in the north of Italy. The entirety of his life as priest, bishop, and cardinal was devoted to helping the poor. Regardless of his station in the church, he viewed …