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Anticipating the announcement of the new leader of the Catholic Church,

a thousands of the faithful gather in St. Peter's Square.

It's August 1978 in Vatican City,

and Paul Marcinkis, the head of the Vatican Bank,

waits to find out who will be elected the next pope. The traditional white smoke issuing from the building announces that a Pope has been elected.

Marcinkus has attracted a lot of attention lately.

The Italian press has been writing articles about a vast financial scandal involving his bank.

There are rumors that he will lose his job.

But that decision will be made by this guy. Cardinal Albino Luciani, patriarch of Venice, a man of humble origins. He has chosen

the papal name of John Paul I. Albino Luciani was the former bishop from the mountains of

northern Italy, who preached charity to the poor.

And Marcinkus had dealt with Luciani.

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