Murder of Pope John Paul I

Many conspiracy theories surround the death of Pope John Paul I. It should be stated that the murder of Pope John Paul I is somewhat of a misnomer. We will never be sure how Pope John Paul I died as an autopsy was never performed. His assistants found him upright in bed, dead on the thirty-third day of his papacy. Conspiracies theories began floating when the Vatican released mixed reports on exactly what happened the night Pope John Paul I died and how his death was discovered. The official word came that the likely cause of death was myocardial infarction.

David Yallop wrote a book that seems to shed light on the murder of Pope John Paul I, if it was that. Yallop points to poisoning as like cause of death. Yallop's theory adds to the ever-growing conspiracies surrounding the power and reach of the Opus Dei. It seems as if the two likely participants in a crime against the pope were two Opus Dei priests who rose quickly in the ranks of the Vatican after the pope's death. Cardinal Villot, who wrote a rebittal to Yallop's book seems to believe an overdose of medicine was the cause of Pope John Paul I's death. Others dismiss Villot and his supposed alibi for the evening, pointing the finger back at him. Opus Dei, Yallop, Villot, conspriacy, all of these ideas may never be sorted out, as we do not know for sure.

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