Fritz Springmeier

around him who were Freemasons with honest men. He started todivest the church of its wealth, and to open an investigation inthe Church's scandalous financial dealings carried out by P2. Themen in the Vatican censored his statements, issued false statementsin his name, limited his phone calls, failed to send his letters,and censored his remarks in his speeches out of the officialrecords of his speeches. Finally, he was murdered on only the 33rdday (a number ripe with Masonic symbology) that he had been Pope.In good Mafia style, the morticians were called to embalm him,before the body had been discovered by Father McGee.(p. 254) Hiswill disappeared. The world was fed lies, and in general the worldswallowed the lies. But there were many people in the Vatican wholoved the Pope and who knew the Vatican was lying profusely abouthis death.Pope John Paul I told a friend in northern Italy hisobservation, "I have noticed two things that appear to be in veryshort supply in the Vatican. Honesty and a good cup of coffee." Onthe 33rd day of his papacy, Pope John Paul I was apparentlypoisoned. And just knowing some of the dishonest people Pope JohnPaul I had to deal with when he came to the Vatican explains a lot.Let's introduce some of the characters that John Paul I dealtwith:Licio Gelli- the Grand Master of P2, nicknamed Il Burattinaio (thePuppetmaster) because so many people were his puppets. He had beenpart of Mussolini's feared Black Shirts, an SS officer during W.W.II, then a communist spy, besides serving the CIA and and theItalian SID.Bishop Paul Marcinkus- a P2 Freemason and President of the VaticanBank, nicknamed the Gorilla, he had grown up in Al Capone'sCicero,Il. around the Mafia and was street smart. He was 6'3" and224 lbs. His nickname "Gorilla" was appropriate in several ways.Michele Sidona- a P2 Freemason, worked for the CIA, the Mafia, andInterpol. He was the Vatican's financial advisor. He was also aSicilian banker. He was adept at stealing other people's money, andhad the appropriate nickname "the Shark."Cardinal Jean Villot- a P2 Freemason and raised in a regular Lodgeboth, the Vatican's Secretary of State. Yallup considers Villot oneof if not the prime suspects of the murder of the Pope. Yallupdescribes Villot's destruction of evidence, coverup and liesconcerning the Pope's murder, "If Luciani died naturally, Villot'sactions and instructions are completely inexplicable. His behaviorbecomes understandable only when related to one specificconclusion: Either Cardinal Jean Villot was part of a conspiracy tomurder the pope, or he saw clear evidence in the papal bedroomindicating the pope had been murdered, and he promptly determinedthat to protect the Church that evidence must be destroyed."(p.220)Cardinal John Cody- in charge of Chicago's archdiocese, the man wasconsidered by many to be the worst character possible in about