One of the greatest moments in the history of faith was also one of the greatest moments in modern political history. It happened in June 1979.Just eight months before, after dusk on Oct. 16, 1978, a cardinal had stepped out onto the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica to say those towering, august words, “Habemus papem”—”We have a pope.” The cardinal pronounced the new pontiff’s name in Latin. Not everyone understood or could hear him, and the name sounded odd. For 456 years the church had been electing Italian popes....
Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/04/30/make_him_a_saint_254619.html
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