1/4/2023 0 Comments Thief in the night![]() The picture that emerges is that of the Vatican as a small closed community, everyone guarding their own bit of territory, and scared of being accused of falling asleep on the job.Ĭornwall is meticulous in seeing if there is a smoking gun, but alas for conspiracy theorists,he doesn’t find one. No wonder Sottovoce wanted to remain anonymous ! Whisper) who isn’t backward in coming forward with waspish and caustic pen portraits of the senior clerics involved. For me one of the most interesting interviews was with an unnamed Vatican insider he nicknamed Mgr. Vicenza who found the pope dead, his secretary John Magee, and other sources to get to the truth of the matter. Several previous books especially In God’s Name by David Yallop suggested strongly that the pope might have been poisoned for a variety of reasons and suggested Archbishop Marcinkus, the US born Vatican “fixer” could have been heavily involved, and perhaps some cardinals whose positions were deemed under threat in the new administration.Ĭornwell’s book is extraordinarily detailed and he interviews the vatican goto Marcinkus, the brothers who embalmed the pope, several medical advisers, Vatican Radio, a relative of Sr. To quell the numerous and in some cases scurrilous rumours about the sudden death of Pope John Paul,pontiff for a mere 33 days in 1978, the Vatican suggested to well known author and ex priest John Cornwall in 1987 to investigate Luciani’s death and in this regard gave him unprecedented access to the major players in the drama. this marvelous and compelling investigation has a terrible ring of truth."- The Times (London) "As brilliantly written as a prize-winning mystery story."-Andrew Greeley In A Thief in the Night: Life and Death in the Vatican, Cornwell tells the story of his search, including a startling theory about Pope Paul I's untimely demise-and a chilling and unprecedented look inside one of the world's oldest, most secretive institutions. In 1987, the Vatican invited New York Times- bestselling author John Cornwell to conduct a new, independent investigation into the true circumstances of the Pope's death. These arguments led to rumors of foul play and conspiracy-variously involving the KGB, the Freemasons, crooked financiers, and Vatican officials. But within the Vatican there were serious disagreements about the time of death, who found the body, and the true state of the Pope's health prior to his death. On the eve of September 28, 1978, John Paul I died unexpectedly-apparently of a heart attack-after a reign of only 33 days. ![]() ![]() ![]() "A model of investigatory journalism and a small masterpiece of the genre."-Anthony Burgess ![]()
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