''In God's Name: An Investigation into the Murder of Pope John Paul I'' is a book by David A. Yallop about the death of

Pope John Paul I Pope John Paul I (born Albino Luciani; 17 October 1912 – 28 September 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 26 August 1978 until his death 33 days later. His reign is among the shortest in papal h ...

. It was published in 1984 by

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Potential danger

Yallop proposes the theory that the pope was in "potential danger" because of corruption in the Istituto per le Opere di Religione (IOR, Institute of Religious Works, the Vatican's financial institution, commonly known as the Vatican Bank), which owned many shares in

Banco Ambrosiano Banco Ambrosiano was an Italian bank that was established in 1896 and collapsed in 1982. The Vatican-based Institute for the Works of Religion, commonly known as the ''Vatican Bank'', was Banco Ambrosiano's main shareholder. The Vatican Bank was ...

. The Vatican Bank lost about a quarter of a

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US dollars.

References

*''In God's Name: An Investigation into the Murder of Pope John Paul I'', David Yallop. New York: Bantam Books, 1984, Pope John Paul I Books about popes 1984 non-fiction books 1984 in Christianity {{RC-book-stub