by David Yallop
Argentina 103, 104, 106, 107, 120, 150, 166, 171, 222, 251, 271, 282, 295, 300, 301
and Falklands war 271, 282, 299, 300
Arico, Charles 262
Arico, William 262, 263, 293, 298
Arles, Council of (314) 83
Arns, Cardinal 65
Aronwald, William 32, 35, 37, 38, 40, 41
Arrupe, Father Pedro 201
artificial fertilization 190, 191, 192
Association of Chicago Priests 175
Assunta, Sister xx, 167, 200
Astolfine 271, 277
autopsy 203, 204, 210, 211, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225–6, 228, 229, 236, 239, 240, 244, 285, 287, 297
Baffi, Paolo 137, 138, 254, 257, 259
Baggio, Francesco 303
Baggio, Cardinal Sebastiano 51, 55, 56, 66, 153, 160, 164, 174, 196, 200, 210, 249, 303
and Cody 179, 180, 181–2, 194
and Patriarchship of Venice 194–5, 198, 227, 241
Bahamas, bank accounts 34, 38, 77, 124, 129, 133, 139, 265, 270
Banca Cattolica del Veneto xx, 28, 30, 78, 98, 115, 116, 128, 130, 131, 132, 140, 162, 166, 187, 263, 283
sale of 29–30, 31, 78, 125, 130–2, 162, 166, 283
Banca del Gottardo 129, 137, 263, 267, 275, 289, 295
Banca di Messina 98
Banca Privata Finanziara (BPF) 97, 98, 99, 100, 114, 122, 258
Banca Privata Italiana 122, 123, 258, 259, 260, 261, 293
Banca Unione 113, 115, 122, 258
Banco Ambrosiano xii, 29, 38, 114, 125, 128, 129, 132, 133, 134, 138, 139, 140, 162, 163, 166, 187, 198, 249, 252, 253, 264, 270, 271, 272, 273, 276, 277, 278, 280, 282, 283, 284, 289, 290, 292, 294, 295, 299
investigation 265
in Peru 270, 277, 278, 295
and the Vatican Bank 129, 166, 254, 273, 280–1, 290
Banco Ambrosiano de America 272
Banco Ambrosiano Holdings SA 129, 271, 272
Banco Ambrosiano Overseas 38, 129, 133
Banco di Roma 34, 40, 84, 118, 123, 128
Banco di Roma per la Svizzera (Svirobank) 127, 128
Banco di Santo Spirito 84
Banco Mercantile SA 130
Banco San Marco 31, 187
Banim, Seamus 229, 235–6
Bank of Italy investigations xxi, xxii, 30, 134, 138–40, 162–3, 166, 252, 253, 254, 257, 264, 265, 270, 273, 282, 297
Bankhaus I.K. Herstatt 123
Bankhaus Wolff, A.G. 123
Banque de Financement 99
Barbie, Klaus 103, 106–7
Barnard, Christiaan 216
Barone, Mario 118, 128
Barrowcliff, Derek 229–30
Bastogi company 34, 116, 119, 261
Baumhart, Raymond 178
Beame, Abraham 134
Bellatrix company 271, 277, 299
Belluno, seminary 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 48, 103
Benelli, Cardinal Giovanni 42, 164, 200, 206, 285
and Banca Cattolica del Veneto 30
and Cody 179, 182, 249
and counterfeit bonds 34, 35, 36–7
and John Paul I 23–4, 29–30, 32–3, 39, 131, 153, 158, 162, 163, 186, 196, 199, 208, 210, 216, 218, 220
and Marcinkus 31, 35, 39, 40, 58, 95
as Papal candidate 51, 52, 56, 58, 248
and the papal election 58, 60, 64, 65, 67, 68
and Paul VI 23, 31, 39, 95, 131, 153
Benigni, Fr Umberto 4, 5
Bernardin, Archbishop Joseph 288
Bertoli, Cardinal Paolo 52, 55, 66, 107, 153, 303
Biase, Nicola xxii, 188, 189
birth control 15, 16–17, 18–19, 23, 44, 59, 60, 83, 154–9, 190, 191–2, 193, 227, 241, 246, 249, 285, 303
John Paul I and xxi, 19–21, 22–3, 44, 154–9, 191, 193, 200, 241, 246
Paul VI and 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 156, 157, 158, 159, 190, 241
and Vatican Council II 17
see also Humanae Vitae
Blanchard, Monsignor 268
Bo, Carlo 220–1
Bolivia 106, 107
Bologna, bomb attacks 110, 302
bomb outrages 110, 253, 296, 302
Bonamico, Joseph 267
Bonanno family 111
bonds, counterfeit 33–41
Bonomi, Anna 122, 130
Bordoni, Carlo 99–102, 117–18, 125, 126, 129, 189, 266, 269
Bortignon, Bishop Girolamo 8, 10
Bosa, Monsignor Giuseppe 233
BPF see Banca Privata Finanziara
Branca, Vittore 185
bribery 129
Brown, Louise 190, 192
Browne, Cardinal 19
‘Burattinaio Il’ see ’Puppet Master, The’
Busa, Fr 152
Buzzonetti, Renato 206, 207, 208, 216, 222, 228, 229, 230, 234
Calvi, Carlo 275
Calvi, Clara 140, 279, 282, 294
Calvi, Roberto xxi-xxii, xxiii 115–17, 128–35, 137–41, 161–3, 165–7, 249–54, 256–8, 270–84, 289–92, 294–302
and the Alessandrini murder 253, 254
arrest and trial 274–6
background 128
and Banca Cattolica del Veneto 29, 30, 31, 78, 116, 125, 130–2, 140, 162, 166, 196
and Banco Ambrosiano xxi, 128, 132, 133, 134, 138, 264, 270, 276, 280, 283, 295
blackmail of 134, 135, 137–8
death 284, 294, 298, 300
and Gelli 166–7, 252, 254, 270, 271, 274, 279–80, 281, 282, 283, 295, 297–8, 299–300
and John Paul I 166
and John Paul II 282, 286
and Marcinkus 38, 40, 115, 116, 129, 130–2, 138, 197, 198, 265, 272, 273, 275, 276–7, 278, 289, 290, 295–6
in Nicaragua 265
and Opus Dei 251
and P2 105, 128, 134, 190, 251, 270, 274, 280, 281, 283, 294, 295, 296, 300
and Paul VI 29, 128, 131, 141
and Sindona 114, 115, 116, 128, 129, 133, 134, 135, 137, 189, 264, 267
as suspect 202, 241, 242, 284, 294–7, 302
and Vatican Bank 29, 129, 130, 133, 275, 278, 290, 294, 295
Camerlengo, office of 53, 56, 206, 227, 285
Canale d’Agordo 1, 2, 208, 224, 225
Canon Law, revision 73, 165, 172
Capello, Father Felice 7
Capone, Al 37, 92, 93, 291
Capovilla, Monsignor Loris 10, 172
Caprio, Cardinal Giuseppe 120, 170, 196, 206, 216, 268, 292
Carboni, Flavio 130, 281, 283, 295, 298
Carli, Fr Filippo 3, 6
Carthage, Council of (345) 83
Caruso, Anthony 267, 270
Casaroli, Cardinal Agostino 19, 164, 172, 173, 174, 182, 199, 206, 220, 268, 269, 273, 281, 291, 295, 296
Cassa de Risparmio di Roma 84
catechetics 9
Catholic Church as institution see Vatican
Catholic Herald 51
Cattarossi, Bishop Giosué 7
Cattin, Marco Donat 254
Cavallari, Alberto 16
Cavallo, Luigi 137, 138
Celestina, Sister 168
Centrale bank 116
Ceramica Pozzi 113, 303
Cerdana, Umberto 301–2
Champ Dollon prison 301
Chicago xxiii, 37, 76, 92–3, 174–80, 181, 182, 194, 197, 198, 241, 249, 286, 287, 288, 291
Chigi, Prince Don Agostini 224
Chile 136, 150, 171
Christian Democrat Party 89, 118, 121, 256, 259, 270, 272, 275, 295, 298, 301
Church as institution see Vatican
CIA 119, 136, 176, 256
and Mafia 106
and Sindona 110, 111, 119
Ciappi, Cardinal Luigi 70, 191–2, 245
Cicchitto, Fabrizio 108–9
Cicognani, Cardinal 19, 89
Ciolini, Elio 110
Cisalpine Overseas Bank 77, 129
Civiltà Cristiana 223, 224, 226
Clement XII, Pope 109
Clemente, Brother 60, 61
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Clorinda, Sister xx, 167
Cody, Cardinal John xxiii 56, 174–83, 189, 194, 197, 198, 248
death 287–8
and John Paul II 249, 286
and Marcinkus 178, 288
and Paul VI xxiii, 177, 178, 179, 181, 182, 289
state investigation 286–7
as suspect 202, 240, 241, 242, 284, 286–9
Colombo, Cardinal 67, 200, 201
Colombo family 111
Committee for the Responsible Election of the Pope 58
Communism 98, 102, 103, 106, 109, 110, 118, 137, 172, 256
Compendium company 129
Conclave (August 1878) xxiv, 61–73, 153, 160, 165, 205, 216, 242, 243, 245, 246
ballots 66, 67, 68, 69, 70
exclusion from 53
pre-Conclave period 51–61
secrecy 63
security 63–4
Conclave (October 1978) 216, 218, 227, 241, 242, 248
Condotte d’Acqua 113, 303
Confalonieri, Cardinal Carlo 53, 56, 206, 208, 216, 217, 224
Congar, Yves 58
Congregation of Cardinals 216, 227
Constantine, Emperor 82
Continental Bank of Illinois 76, 87, 98, 99, 100, 113, 178
contraception see birth control
Cooke, Cardinal 35, 65, 67
Cor Unum 161, 193
Cordeiro, Cardinal 66
Corriere della Sera 134–5, 137, 220, 223, 226, 274, 299
Corrocher, Graziella 294
counterfeit bonds 33–41
Couwase, Pierre 7
‘Crack Sindona, Il’ 122, 125, 128, 260, 273, 291
Craxi, Bettino 275, 298, 302
Credito Commerciale, Milan 130
Credito Varesino 30, 275
CREP see Committee for the Responsible Election of the Pope
Crimi, Joseph Miceli 267
Cruz, Marcelo Quiroga 106
Cuccia, Enrico 261–2
Curia 18, 19, 26, 35, 41, 52, 165, 173, 178, 179, 289
and John Paul I 76, 148, 149, 152–4, 155, 156, 162, 167, 168, 170–1, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 192, 199, 201, 209, 211, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 222, 227, 232
and Papal election 54, 55, 57, 65, 67, 69, 70, 145
and Vatican Council II 17
currency
illegal exports 100, 112, 114, 127, 137, 142, 161, 259–60, 266, 275
money laundering xxii, 117, 118, 129, 134, 255, 262, 295
speculation 84, 118, 122, 125, 126, 127
Da Rif, Monsignor 152, 196, 232
Da Ros, Antonio 207, 226, 233–4, 235
Daily American 119
Daley, Mayor Richard 174
d’Ambrosio, Judge Gerardo 274
Dante Alighieri 82
De Benedetti, Carlo 280
de Bonis, Monsignor Donato 164, 198, 200, 249
de Francesco, Mario 239
De Strobel, Pellegrino 140, 141, 163, 166, 187, 198, 248, 249, 277
death certificate 224, 227, 228, 235
Dellacha, Giuseppe 294
Delle Chiaie, Stefano 106, 107, 110
Dezza, Fr 170
di Cavenago, Gian Luigi Clerici 101
Di Cristina, Giuseppe 262
di Donna, Leonardo 272
di Fonzo, Luigi 293
di Jorio/Jono, Cardinal Alberto 87, 95
digitalis 203, 204, 212, 269, 276, 297
Dignitatis Humanae 43
Diotavelli, Ernesto 281, 298
discipline 73, 201, 223
divorce 21, 42–4, 118, 172, 195, 279
Doepfner, Cardinal 108
double invoicing 117
Dragonovic, Fr Krujoslav 103
drug trafficking 92, 106, 107, 262, 297
Mafia 110–11, 114, 267–8, 292, 295
Ducaud-Bourget, Abbot 224
Ducoli, Monsignor 146
Edilcentro 118
Ekandem, Cardinal 67
El Salvador 171–2
Elena, Mother 167
embalming 208, 210, 211, 213, 214, 225, 236, 239, 285
ENI 271–2
Escriva, Josemaria 250
Evangelisti, Franco 259
evangelization 194
Exocet missiles 104, 271, 272, 282, 295, 299, 300
Fagin, Michael 242
family planning see birth control
family, Pontifical Commission on 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22
Fascism 7, 8, 97, 109, 136, 150, 256
Fasco AG 97, 98
FBI 176, 290
and counterfeit bonds 32–40
Felici, Cardinal Pericle 22, 64, 65, 66, 69, 70, 72, 73, 153, 158, 162, 164–5, 182, 192, 195, 196, 199, 200, 201, 210, 216, 220, 248, 249
as Papal candidate 52, 55
Feltre, seminary 3, 4, 5, 6, 61, 195
Ferrarese, Fr Mario 31, 169
‘Fiancés of Death’ 106
Fiebelkorn, Joachim 106, 110
Finabank 99, 100, 101, 116, 117, 118, 123, 125, 255
Five Wounds of the Church (Rosmini) 3, 6
Foligni, Mario 33, 34–5, 37, 39, 40, 41
Fontana, Mario 228, 230, 240
Ford, Fr John 18
Fornasari, Monsignor Mario 34, 39
Forno di Canale (Canale d’Agordo) 1, 2, 7, 208, 224, 225
Fort Knox 85
Franklin National Bank 119, 120, 122, 123, 135, 136, 188, 189, 258, 268, 292
Freemasonry
and the Church xx–xxi, 106, 109, 164–5, 246, 249, 250, 256, 257, 274, 281
see also P2 masonic lodge
Freud, Sigmund 92
Frizzerio, Carlo 233
FUCI and divorce 43
Furno, Lamberto 77, 81
Gabriella, Sister xx, 167
Galati, Judge Giovanni 262
Gamberini, Girodano 104
Gambino family 96–7, 98, 111, 114, 120, 188, 189, 262, 266, 267, 292, 293
Gambra, Rafael 223
Gammarelli brothers 71, 72
Gandhi, Mahatma 47
Gantin, Cardinal Bernard 55, 67, 68, 161, 193
Garibaldi, Giuseppe 102, 109
Garrone, Cardinal Gabriel-Marie 173–4, 220
Gazzettino, Il 14, 168, 250, 272
Gelli, Licio xxi, xxiii, 102–7, 114, 121, 142, 162, 165, 189, 249, 251, 253, 255, 257, 264, 266, 272, 273, 276
arrest 300–1
background 102–3
and Calvi 166–7, 252, 254, 270, 271, 274, 279–80, 281, 282, 283, 295, 297–8, 299–300
code-name 279, 298
escape from prison 301–2
and Freemasonry 104–5, 107
and Marcinkus 107
and P2 xxiii, 102, 105–6, 107, 108, 109, 110, 120, 163, 164, 256, 265, 269, 274, 297, 303
and Paul VI 107, 303
and Sindona 110, 123, 134, 136–7, 267, 269, 274, 303
as suspect 202, 241, 242, 284, 297–303
General Congregations 53, 54, 55, 57, 61
Genovese family 111
Gerin, Cesare 214, 225
Ghizzo, Monsignor 15
Giammei stockbrokers 130
Giannini, Orazio 105
Gijsens, Bishop 192
Giudice, Raffaele 255
Giuliano, Boris 262, 263–4, 296
Godeluppi, Livio 139
Godfather, The (Puzo) 114, 129, 295
‘God’s Banker’ xx, 93, 283, 289, 292
gold market, and the Vatican 84, 85
‘Gorilla, the’ 89, 92, 94, 162
see also Marcinkus, Paul
Gorman, Monsignor William 93
Gouyon, Cardinal 67
Grassini, Giulio 105
Greeley, Fr Andrew 58, 59, 60, 174, 222, 243, 286
Gregorian University, Rome 7, 8, 93, 155
Griesa, Judge Thomas 262, 268, 293, 294
Guardia di Finanza 105, 273
Guarino, Phillip 298, 299
Guerri, Cardinal Sergio 98, 113, 114, 120, 124, 268, 292
Gulf and Western corporation 11
4, 115
Guzzi, Rodolfo 259
Guzzo brothers 169
Hakim, Patriarch 193
Hambros Bank 87, 98, 99, 100, 101, 114, 120
Hamer, Archbishop Jean 178, 179
Handelsbank, Zürich 34
handicapped, help for the 27–8, 32, 47, 123
heart attack see myocardial infarction
Hebblethwaite, Peter 51, 52
Hellegers, Andre 21–2
Hinckley, John 242
Hinsley, Cardinal 109
Hitler, Adolf 85, 86, 88
Hoeffner, Cardinal 65, 67
Holy See see Vatican
Humanae Vitae xxi, 21–3, 44, 52, 59, 60, 89, 143, 154, 155, 156, 158, 159, 191, 193, 195
Hume, Cardinal Basil xxiv, 51, 54
Illustrissimi 48–9, 149
Imitation of Christ (à Kempis) 10, 209, 222
Impallomeni, Giuseppe 264
Imparfin company 133
Index of forbidden books 4, 6, 193
infallibility, papal 4, 17, 21
INPDAI 260
Interpol 110, 111
invoicing fraud 117
Inzerillo family 96, 98, 111, 114, 120, 262, 267, 292
IOR see Vatican Bank
Israel 45
Istituto Farmacologico Sereno 23
Istituto per le Opere di Religione see Vatican Bank
Italgas 84
Italy: economic crisis (1976) 46–7
Jadot, Jean 179
Jesuits 3, 7, 9, 20, 193, 201, 226
John XXIII, Pope 9–10, 11, 12, 15, 19, 47, 64, 75, 108, 143, 158, 167, 172, 226, 242, 246
John Paul I, Pope
background 1–10
and birth control xxi, 19–21, 22–3, 44, 154–9, 191, 193, 200, 241, 246
as Bishop of Vittorio Veneto 10–12, 13–15, 22, 23, 24, 232, 233
coronation 149–50
and the Curia 76, 148, 149, 152–4, 155, 156, 162, 167, 168, 170–1, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 192, 199, 201, 209, 211, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 222, 227, 232
daily routine 167, 168–70, 209, 231
death xxiv, 202, 204–47, 285, 304
and divorce 43–4
election 60, 65–6, 67, 68, 69–73, 74–5, 143, 165
and financial affairs 29–31, 161–2, 186, 187, 246
health 167, 168, 204, 215, 218, 221, 231–5
intends changes among office holders xx, 198–200, 284, 285
and Marcinkus 30, 39, 162, 197, 198, 207, 250
medicines 204, 206, 211, 212, 229
as Patriarch of Venice xix, 24–7, 29, 31, 39, 41, 42, 44, 46–7, 48, 49–50, 53, 54, 60, 75, 123, 132, 168
and Paul VI 20, 23, 24, 27, 31–2, 44, 75, 162
philosophy 10–11, 13, 14, 45–6, 145, 219
and the press 148–9, 190
reading 6, 169
reform programme 150–1, 158, 303–4
strengths 146–7, 151–2, 185
style 11–12, 25, 42, 147–8, 196