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Secondly, I could not find a SINGLE footnote or citation of anything this man reports in his book. He has countless quotes and makes incredible claims, none of which are backed up. This is what I mean when I say you can't take this man seriously. He is a liberal with an agenda, and since he gives no proof for what he says, I see no reason to believe that what he says is true. Now, I am quite certain that John Paul I was murdered. I am certain that this had something to do with the Vatican Bank scandal the Pope was about to uncover. And we know for a fact that the Vatican is infiltrated by countless Masons. So, I think that much of what Yallop says is true. But Yallop gives no backup, and his mockery of Catholic doctrine and authority is so obvious that his book is not very convincing in certain areas, esp. where he wants to claim that John Paul I wanted to allow contraception. Let me give you some evidence of further inconsistency in this book that I believe makes it less than convincing: On page 368, Yallop mentions possible dates of when the plans to murder the Pope could have been put together: "It could have been within the first two weeks of September when the fact that Luciani was investigating Freemasonry within the Vatican became known to some members in the Vatican village. It could have been mid September when the attitudes of the new Pope on birth control and his plans to implement a liberal position on the issue were causing deep concerns in the Vatican." Well, wait a minute now. The Freemasons ARE liberals. They would like to see nothing more urgent than a Pope approving of contraception! Why, then, would the alleged plans of John Paul I cause deep concern? It would have been perfect for the Masons to see the Pope do just that! After all, they infiltrated the Church in order to subvert her and change her teaching. It is these kinds of things in this book that betray Yallop's agenda, in my opinion, and strip the book of credibility. This book inlcudes many pictures of John Paul I and important
protagonists and nemeses. Despite the critiques I have given, the book is
a fascinating read, at least after the introductory chapters. If he had
backed up his claims, Yallop's work here could have been a REAL
eye-opener. But as it is right now, we have no way of knowing what parts
of this book are fact, and what are fiction.
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And, by the way, to the reviewer who thinks contraception is the best
thing since sliced bread, consider the fact that AFTER contraception was
legalized, the rate of illegitimate births exploded, the spread of
venereal disease exploded, the divorce rate exploded, child poverty
exploded, pornography exploded, and abortion (which we were told
contraception would render unnecessary) was legalized - all exactly as the
Church predicted. The fact is, the Catholic Church was, is, and always has
been right about contraception. History has proved it. --This text
refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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David Yallop apparently did a lot of good reaseach for this book, and he gives a good outline of Luciani's life and family history, from his youth in Forno Di Canale to his seminary studies and thesis to his days as bishop of Vittorio Veneto and Patriach of Venice. He is extremely impressive in his outlining of the problems faced by a wealthy Church - especially in the way it contradicts Jesus' teachings in the Gospels - and its history from the days when Mussolini singed the Lateran Treaty. The Lateran treaty gave enormous amounts of money to the Vatican, which it invested through Bernadino Nogara in many large corporations. We see how Nogara bought shares in companies that manufactured goods inconsistent with Catholic teaching - his investments were free of doctrinal considerations. After Nogara's death in 1958, the Vatican began to have financial troubles due to the cost of Vatican II. Though Yallop revealed little about the following period, he is most effective in showing how clearly the Vatican, in an effort to evade taxes, forged links with such notorious con men as Roberto Calvi and Michele Sindona, who, after Paul Marcinkus became head of the "Vatican Bank", took control of Vatican finances. This was, as Yallop points out, a disaster because huge sums of money was lost by the Vatican due to a series of scandals aimed at taking money to offshore tax havens. Pope Paul VI might have had dreams of becoming "the first poor Pope in modern times", but such dreams were clearly fabled in the circumstances. There were many links between these criminals and the corrput P2 masonic lodge led by Licio Gelli, who is supposed to have decided to murder the Pope after he wished to reveal the list of Masons in important positions in the Vatican. The whole chain revealed brilliantly by Yallop confirms the Vaticans involvement in organised crime through the "Vatican Bank". Albino Luciani was shown excellently to be a honest and incorruptible man who believed that the Church could not be rich if it wished to conform with the teachings of Jesus. This is why Luciani wanted to clean up the Vatican Bank and remove Calvi, Sindona and Marcinkus from it. This seemed a simple and logical decision given that the Vatican was suffering from financial problems by that point. However, Yallop brutally points out that it was not difficult for those involved with P2 to enter the Vatican and poison the Pope without giving a visible residue - thus the conclusion that he had died of heart failure. Yallop, however, clearly and simply points out that with Luciani's lifestyle he was not likely to suffer from heart failure - he ate a healthy diet and he suffered from low blood pressure. Thus, it is not unreasonable to conclude that Luciani was in fact murdered, though there are so many sources apparently concerning this question that it is difficult to tell, and other sources make dubious claims Luciani would have "disowned" Humanae Vitae. This book should be read by anybody wishing to understand the darker
side of the history of the Catholic Church, and is interesting for anyone
who wished to read about organised crime in general. --This text refers
to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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