The Power And The Glory. Inside The Dark Heart Of John Paul II's Vatican

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Constable
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2007
Edition: First Edition

Description: 530 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Inside the Dark Heart of Pope John Paul IIs VaticanIn 1984, David Yallops "In Gods Name" changed the way that the world looked at the Vatican. In "The Power and The Glory", David Yallop returns to Rome with another explosive story: the true history of the papacy of John Paul II. From the first moment of his papacy, Karol Wojtyla sought political influence and a role on the world stage. At the dawn of the twenty-first century, he was a leader to millions of Catholics at a time of tremendous change. Promising a renewed church, he was the first media Pope and travelled around the world to preach his message. It is said that he was central in the fall of Soviet Eastern Europe, in particular within his own homeland of Poland. Now, as the second anniversary of his death the demands for John Pauls beatification and subsequent canonisation continue unabated. But has the real truth of this Papacy been revealed This work: contains explosive revelations from the CIA, the KGB, the Polish secret service and the most secretive place on earth, the Vatican itself; tells for the first time John Paul IIs real involvement in the fall of the Iron Curtain and the liberation of Poland; uncovers the myth of the Holy Alliance between Reagans America and the Vatican; exposes the true extent of the Popes failure to control the child abuse scandal; and, explores the continued financial scandal involving the Vatican bank, the mafia, Freemasonry, illegal money laundering and arms sales.

ISBN: 9781845294465