Power And The Glory

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John Paul II & the dark heart of the Catholic Church... In 1984 David Yallops In Gods Name" changed the way that the world looked at the Vatican. In " The Power & 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 & 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 & 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 Pol&. Now as the second anniversary of his death the demands for John Pauls beatification & subsequent canonisation continue unabated. But has the real truth of this Papacy been revealed? This title explores the continued financial scandal involving the Vatican bank the mafia Freemasonry illegal money laundering & arms sales. It exposes the true extent of the Popes failure to control the child abuse scandal. It contains explosive revelations from the CIA the KGB the Polish secret service & the most secretive place on earth the Vatican itself. It tells for the first time John Paul IIs real involvement in the fall of the Iron Curtain & the liberation of Pol&. It uncovers the myth of the Holy Alliance between Reagans America & the Vatican."