After receiving th majority needed for election Cardinal Luciani accepted the result and chose John-Paul I as his Papal name... After donning the Papal vestments and grinning happily, he took the throne that had been erected in front of the altar, and the joyful Cardinals approached one by one to embrace him and to kiss the papal ring. John Paul I had a word for many of them. "Holy Father, thank you for having said yes," said Belgium's Leo Jozef Suenens. Replied the Pope: "Perhaps it would have been better if I had said no."
WI Cardinal Luciani had declared "Non accepto" when asked if he accepts the election? How is that affecting History? Could the Cardinals have elected Cardinal Wojtyla instead or another Italian gets elected?
WI Cardinal Luciani had declared "Non accepto" when asked if he accepts the election? How is that affecting History? Could the Cardinals have elected Cardinal Wojtyla instead or another Italian gets elected?