For little more than a month in the late summer of 1978, Pope John Paul I captured the world's attention. For more than four decades, Father - and eventually Cardinal - Albino Luciani inspired those who knew him well and loved him dearly.

The Smiling Pope presents the story of this humble man, from his birth in northern Italy in 1912 to the Vatican's accepting his cause for canonization (an initial step in the process of being declared a saint) in 2003.