Vatican conspiracy theories - Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core Vatican conspiracy theories From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core Jump to: navigation, search Vatican conspiracy theories are conspiracy theories that concern the Pope and/or the Roman Catholic Church. A majority of the theories allege that the Church and its representatives are secretly controlling secular society with a Satanic agenda for global domination. Contents [hide] 1 Conspiracy theories 1.1 Pope John Paul I conspiracy theories 1.2 Pope John Paul II's 1981 attempted assassination 1.3 Know Nothings 2 References 3 External links Conspiracy theories Pope John Paul I conspiracy theories For main article, see Pope John Paul I conspiracy theories. Pope John Paul I died in September 1978, only a month after his election to the papacy. The timing of his death and the Vatican's alleged difficulties with ceremonial and legal death procedures have fostered several conspiracy theories. British author David Yallop wrote extensively about unsolved crimes and conspiracy theories, and in his 1984 book In God's Name suggested that John Paul I died because he was about to uncover financial scandals allegedly involving the Vatican.[1] John Cornwell responded to Yallop's charges in 1987 with A Thief In The Night, in which he analyzed the various allegations and denied the conspiracy.[2] According to Eugene Kennedy, writing for the New York Times, Cornwell's book "helps to purge the air of paranoia and of conspiracy theories, showing how the truth, carefully excavated by an able journalist in a refreshing volume, does make us free."[3] Pope John Paul II's 1981 attempted assassination For main article, see 1981 Pope John Paul II assassination attempt. Various theories have been brought forward in regards to the attempt by Mehmet Ali Ağca to kill Pope John Paul II. Those theories have involved the Grey Wolves,[4] the Bulgarian Secret Service,[5] and others. Know Nothings The Know Nothings were an anti-Catholic political group in the United States, in the 1840s and 1850s, who claimed that the Irish and other Roman Catholic immigrants to the United States would be controlled by the Pope for anti-American purposes.[6] References Notes Jump up ↑ "The man who says Pope John Paul II was a fraud - and why he tried to thump me". Independent. 2007-04-07. Retrieved 2009-01-23.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles> Jump up ↑ Gould, Peter (2005-04-02). "1978: Year of the three popes". BBC. Retrieved 2009-01-23.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles> Jump up ↑ Kennedy, Eugene (1989-11-05). "Was The Pope Murdered?". New York Times. |access-date= requires |url= (help)<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles> Jump up ↑ Nezan, Kendal (July 1998). "Turkey's pivotal role in the international drug trade". Le Monde diplomatique.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles> Jump up ↑ Paul B. Henze. The Plot to Kill the Pope, Holiday House, 1985.[page needed] Jump up ↑ Anbinder; Tyler. Nativism and Slavery: The Northern Know Nothings and the politics of the 1850s (1992). Online version; also online at ACLS History e-Book, the standard scholarly study External links Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Vatican_conspiracy_theories&oldid=487622" Categories: Pages using citations with accessdate and no URLWikipedia articles needing page number citations from September 2010Conspiracy theories by subjectAnti-Catholicism Navigation menu Personal tools Log inRequest account Namespaces Page Discussion Variants Views Read View source View history More Search Navigation Main pageRecent changesRandom pageHelpInfogalactic NewsBuy an account Tools What links hereRelated changesSpecial pagesPrintable versionPermanent linkPage informationCite this page This page was last modified on 18 December 2015, at 21:20. Content is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License unless otherwise noted. This article's content derived from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia (See original source). Privacy policy About Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core Disclaimers Mobile view