John Paul I praises a Satanist during his Angelus Address!

Sunday Angelus Address 

of September 17, 1978

• Giovanni Paolo I, Angelus Domini, 17 settembre 1978 (ITALIAN)

• Lessons for Life — Day 23 (PARTIAL ENGLISH)

• Angelus - Sunday, September 17th, 1978 (FULL ENGLISH)

— English translation #1 —

— English translation #2 —

Giosuè Alessandro Giuseppe Carducci was an Italian poet, teacher, and a Senator of Italy.  In 1906 he became the first Italian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.  He is considered the national poet of Italy.  So far so good, correct?  Read this quote of his,

"I know neither truth of God nor peace with the Vatican or any priests. They are the real and unaltering enemies of Italy."

or how about four excepts from his famous poem 'Hymn to Satan':

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Put aside your sprinkler,
priest, and your litanies!
No, priest, Satan
does not retreat!

Behold! Rust erodes the mystic
sword of Michael
and the faithful

Archangel, deplumed,
drops into the void.
The thunderbolt lies frozen
in Jove’s hand

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You breathe, O Satan
in my verses,
when from my heart explodes
a challenge to the god

Of wicked pontiffs,
bloody kings;
and like lightning you
shock men’s minds.

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As Martin Luther
threw off his monkish robes,
so throw off your shackles,
O mind of man,

And crowned with flame,
shoot lightning and thunder;
Matter, arise;
Satan has won.

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Hail, O Satan
O rebellion,
O you avenging force
of human reason!

Let holy incense
and prayers rise to you!
You have utterly vanquished
the Jehova of the Priests.

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This is but a small sample of some of the blasphemous works of Carducci.  We think the reader gets the point without dredging up more poems and statements.  For those interested in seeing the original Italian poem side by side an English translation with notes, click here.

What does the Anton LaVey's church of Satan have to say about Carducci?

Which brings up back to the point, why was John Paul I mentioning Giosuè Carducci in his Angelus Address as someone to admire?