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Abaya, Bishop 383
Abbo, Monsignor Giovanni Angelo 46
abortion: culture of life campaign 110; Italian referenda on 158–62; Italian approval 171; US bans aid funds for 259; Ireland and US polls accept 287; morning after pills free in Chile 289; majority reject Church’s teaching 290; a fundamental right in Spain 295; Latin-American conference 296; Pope equates it to the Holocaust 365; Wojtyla allows no exceptions 540; US Bishops campaign against 542–3; anti-abortion pressure groups 546–7; wrongly used 549; morning after pills for rape victims 550, 551; absolute ban 554–5; Pope John Paul IPs objection to 684, 686
abortion and birth control: Vatican outlaws globally 542
abuse see child abuse; clerical sexual abuse; clerical physical abuse; paedophilia
Acting Person, The: Karol Wojtyla and Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka 534
Adamski, Stanislaw, Bishop of Katowice 9, 13
Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See see APSA
Adorno, Theodore 343
Agca, Mehmet Ali 173, 174–5, 176–7, 655, 656
Alesandro, Monsignor John A. 442
Alessandrini, Judge Emilio 49, 55, 57–8
Alexander II 470
Alimandi, Father Luciano 644, 645
Allison, Cynthia 610
Allred, Gloria 384
Alphonso, Sister 412
Alvarez, General Gregorio 209
Ambrose, Saint 525
Ambrosiano Group Banco Comercial 188
Ambrosoli, Giorgio 92, 93–4, 186, 206
Ambrovento Bank 582
Amenabar, Juan 443–4
America magazine 109–10
American Bishops’ National Review Board 478–9, 480, 481, 482
American Life League (ALL) 548
Amincor Bank, Switzerland 93
Amorth, Father Gabriele 296
Ampleforth College 488
Andes Statement 242–3
Andreotti, Giulio 499, 577, 584, 587
Andropov, Yuri 127–8, 131, 174, 177–8, 221–2
Anglican Church: homosexuality controversy 569
annulment of marriage 572–3
Annunziato, Father 424
Anselmi, Tina 208–9
anti-abortion pressure groups 546–7
anti-Semitism: institutional 181, 330, 367–8; replaced by anti-Catholicism 324; in pre-war Poland 326–9; hatred and envy 327; Easter prayers and Passion Play 328–9; in Wadowice 331; Jews forced into ghettos 333–4; even while saving Jews 340; Jedwabne killings 342; post-war murders 344; at Vatican Council II 346; forces Jews to leave Poland 350–1; concealed as piety 356; deportations to Auschwitz 359; characterisations of Jews 373; rising in Europe 373; in film Passions of the Christ 374, 375; Pope Pius IX 531, see also Kolbe, Father Maximilian
Antonov, Sergei 175
APSA (Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See) 97–8, 196, 579, 607, 693
Araujo Sales, Cardinal Eugenio 448
Arcudi, Giovanni 650
Argentina: repressive regime 239; military terror 244; papal visit 244–5
arms race: cost of 271–2
arms reduction: talks 266; treaty 271
Arns, Cardinal Paulo 71
artificial birth control 42–3, 87; American dissent 90; ban questioned 99; culture of life campaign 110; US poll approves 287; wholesale rejection of Church’s teaching 290; Americans disagree with the Church 317; forbidden to Catholics 537–8
assassination attempt 174–5
Athenagoras, Bishop 377
Augustine, Saint: Marriage and Concupiscence 527; The Morals of the Manichees 527
Auschwitz convent 355–6
Australia: decline in weddings 288
Austria: Papal visit 438–9; homosexual network 483; church declines 671
Avvenire (Italian daily) 519
Aznar, Prime Minister José Maria 635
Baars, Dr Conrad 474
Babiuch, Prime Minister 132
Backis, Monsignor Audrys 361
Baffi, Paolo 58
Baggio, Cardinal Sebastiano 24, 241–2, 245, 576
Baker, Father Michael 455
Baltazar, Father Mel 386
Banca Cattolica del Veneto 94, 202
Banca del Gottardo 94
Banca Privata Italiana 92
Banco Ambrosiano: plundering 46; Bank of Italy inspection 48; investigation into 48; police visit 55; Vatican urged to break connection 163; Calvi runs it from prison 186; Calvi confirmed as Chairman 187; collapse 198, 201; run on 198
Banco Ambrosiano Andino 188
Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) 590–1
Bank of Italy: inspection 48; report 163; demands figures of lending 195
Banks, Bishop 427
Barbie, Klaus 506
Bardecki, Father Andrzej 14–15, 538–9
Barragan, Archbishop Javier Lozano 557
Bathish, Father Kamal 462, 463–6, 467
Baudat, Muguette 658, 659, 662
Baum, Cardinal 32
Baziak, Archbishop Eugeniusz 8–9, 10–11, 12, 13, 14
BCCI (Bank of Credit and Commerce International) 590–1
Bea, Cardinal Augustin 346, 348
Beagle Channel dispute 55, 227
Bemporad, Rabbi Jack 366
Benedict, Brother 405
Benedict XVI see Ratzinger, Cardinal Joseph
Benelli, Cardinal Giovanni 3, 4, 5, 24, 27, 29, 31
Benkert, Karl Maria 377
Benson, Peter 405–6
Berliner Kurier 657
Berluscone, Prime Minister Silvio 523
Bernadin, Cardinal Joseph 251, 427
Berry, Jason 392
Bertorello, Yvon 658, 659, 661
Beyond the Threshold: a Life in Opus Dei: Maria del Tapia 629
Biffi, Cardinal 677–8
birth control: US bans aid funds for 259; outlawed by Vatican 542
Bisignani, Luigi 584, 585, 586
Bissey, Father René 419–20
Blair, Prime Minister Tony 544
bloodless pogrom 350–1
Boccardo, Monsignor Renato 306
Boff, Father Leonardo 570
Bogomolov, Oleg 40–1
Bolan, Thomas A. 599, 601, 602, 607, 608
Bonarelli, Raul 656
Bonifaci, Domenico 584
Bontate, Stefano 164
Booth, Father 424
Borsellino, Judge Pablo 612
Borusewicz, Bogdan 123
Bosco Vivas, Bishop 250
Boston Archdiocese 422–4, 448–9, 450, 483
Boston Globe and Mail 431
Boyle, Jimmy 405
Bradley, Robert 401
Braggiotti, Enrico 585
Brazil 60; threat to Catholics 320
Brentano, Clemens 373
Brezhnev, Leonid: protests at Pope visiting Poland 40; fears Communist domino effect 75; Pope’s anti-Communist message 85; holiday with Gierek 124; secret report on Poland 131; fury at Polish Statutes 135; collective measures to boost Poland 137; ignores letter from President Carter 139; pulls back from invasion 141; rely on Polish coup 221; death 253
Brigittine Order 513
Brinkmann, Peter 657
Brossollet, Luc 662
Brzezinski, Zbigniew 39, 134, 139, 141–2, 148, 173
Buchs, Roland 660
Budak, Mile 503
Bujak, Zbigniew 133
Burge, Frances 598
Burke, Archbishop Raymond 517–18, 521
Burke, Brother 401
Burns, Ms 423
Bush, President George H 445, 500, 682
Bush, President George W 279, 519, 520, 544
Bush, Vice President George 260
Buttiglione, Rocco 324, 523, 524
Buzzonetti, Renato 664
Byrnes, Professor Timothy A 543
Cacciavillan, Cardinal Agostino 607
Cafarra, Bishop Carlo: Veritas Splendor 664
CAFOD (Catholic Fund for Overseas Development) 559; distributes condoms 558
Calasanz, Father Joseph 380
California 325
Caloia, Professor Angelo 418, 581, 582, 587
Calvi, Carlo 186
Calvi, Clara 194
Calvi, Roberto: plundering Banco Ambrosiano 46–9; learns of judicial investigation 55–6; accused of accepting large fees 94; support from Marcinkus 139; activities becoming known 163–4; arrest 185–6; suicide and imprisonment 187; secret letter to Marcinkus 189–90; obtains Vagnozzi report 191; sends funds to Poland 191–2, 236; appeals to Pope for help 197; refuses to speak to author 197; murdered 198, 614; writes to John Paul II 461; death of 641, 642–3; paymaster to P2 Lodge 695
Camorra 47
Canadian Bishops’ Conference (1981) 245
Capital Life Insurance 608
Caprio, Archbishop Giuseppe 3
Caprio, Cardinal Giuseppe 111
Carboni, Flavio: on trial for Calvi murder 189, 199, 539; secretly records Calvi’s plot 191; discussions with Calvi 194, 195, 196; offers to sell Calvi documents 642, 643; imprisoned 646
Cardenal Martinez, Ernesto 249
Carey, Archbishop George 322
Carles, Cardinal Ricardo 511, 595–6
Carmelite Order 462–3
Carrera, Cardinal Norberto 491
Carrero Blanco, Admiral Luis 634
Carroll, James 346–7
Carroll-Abing, Monsignor John 341
Carter, Cardinal Gerald 579
Carter, President Jimmy 104, 138, 139, 141–2, 145
Carvalheira, Bishop Marcello 309–10
Casado, Cardinal Julian Herranz 664
Casaroli, Cardinal Agostino: reports on Wojtyla to Paul VI 17; appointed Secretary of State 73; planning papal visits 110; silences Sindona depositions 111; looks into Vatican Bank 112; tries to have Marcinkus removed 121; discusses Solidarity with Walesa 145; unable to break ties with Banco Ambrosiano 163; who should replace Wyszynski 166; sees need to protect the Pope 167; gives eulogy for Wyszynski 172–3; insists international banks are repaid 203; learns nothing about Polish coup 229; briefed on US policy 237; exerts pressure on nuclear issue 260; gives Vatican policy to US delegation 268–9; gives Church’s position on Latin America 319–20; meets Jews protesting at Waldheim’s audience 360; invokes Lateran Treaty 580
Casey, William (CIA Director) 155, 156–7, 173, 174, 213, 225, 260
Castagna, Archbishop Domingo 324
Castillo Lara, Cardinal Rosario 323, 585
Castrillon Hoyos, Cardinal Dario 243
Catholic Action Group (CAG) 559
Catholic Answers 520
Catholic Church: national child protection unit 409; infiltrates democratic processes 544–5; irrational sexual rulings 553–4; pursuit of wealth 678
Catholic media 293–4
Catholic Priest in the United States: Psychological Investigations: Kennedy and Heckler 471
Catholic priests: decline in number 316; UK Opposition to Church’s teaching 316
Catholic-Jewish relations 360–1
Catholicism: threats to 230; global decline 288; hostility to 321
Catholics: a minority are practising members 317–18
Cattin, Marco Donat 58
Ceaucescu, Nicolae 140
celibacy 87, 433; American dissent 90; Ireland and US polls against 287; majority disagree with Church 290; clerical broken vows 557
Cerbini, Flavio 614
Cerdana, Umberto 209
Cesareo, Claudio 572–3
Chernenko, Konstantin 261–2
Cherubini, Father Stefano 380
Chesney, Father James 43–4
child abuse: defined 377; pornography 402–3, 483, 647–8; slave labour regime 413; Ferns diocese report 418; zero tolerance to 434, 437; rape victims 551–2, see also paedophilia
Chile: ‘disappeared ones’ 244–5; papal visit 671–2
Chiminello, Dr Anthony 604
Chrétien, Prime Minister Jean 595
Christian Brothers 400, 411, 413–14
Christian Survivors of Sexual Abuse 460
Chu, Police Superintendent Shirley 415
Church finances: investigation into 3–4
CIA 121, 134, 139, 155–6, 235–6
Cinel, Father Dino 403
Civilta Cattolica (Jesuit journal) 322
Clarke, Father Martin 417
clergy malpractice lawsuit: first in United States 382, 383
clerical physical abuse 401, 404, 405, 412; secret system 415, 416–17
clerical sexual abuse 318–24, 323; complaints process 168; need for papal action 181; in the early Church 376; cost to the Church 377; promotion for avoidance 381; solicitation 381; in Los Angeles 383; paedophilia 386, 387–8, 394–5, 401; fiscal costs 396–7; Canada 400–2; Argentina 403; Germany 403; Poland 404; Scotland 404; Wales 404; United Kingdom 405–11, 482; Bishops in denial 413; Ireland 413–14, 417–19, 489; New Zealand 415–16; of women 415, 461; insurance policies 417; United States 421–9, 484–5, 489; curious American hysteria 426; financial cost to Boston 450, 451; of nuns 456–8, 460; financial cost 479–80; financial cost 486; Irish investigation 489; enquiry reactivated 490; failure of Catholic hierarchy 491, see also Doyle, Father Thomas; secret system
Clinton, President Bill 455, 465, 546
Coakley, District Attorney Martha 473
Code of Canon Law 470, 480, 481
Cody, Cardinal 28, 30, 44–5, 427
Colagiovanni, Monsignor Emilio 599–601, 602–10passim
College of Cardinals 201
Colombia 242–3
Comiskey, Bishop Brendan 404, 487
Committee for the Defence of the Workers (KOR) 119, 120, 121, 122, 130, 140
Communism 62–3; Polish rejection 84–5
Communists: arrest bishops 9, 13; persecute clergy 10; view of Church leaders 18–20
Conde, Mario 589
condoms: Church hierarchy’s ignorance on 557–8; reduce the risk of HIV 558
Condren, Dr Mary 537
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) 99, 432, 470
Conlan, Father Christopher 411
Connick, District Attorney Harry 403
Connolly, Bishop 424
Conway, Cardinal William 44
Corbally, Thomas 598–9
Corigliano, Giuseppe 636
Corripio Ahumada, Cardinal Ernesto 108–9
Costa Rica: papal visit 248–9
Costanzo, Maurizio 612
Craxi, Bettino 165, 209–10, 585
Crestam, Lieutenant-Colonel 55
Croatia 496–7; declaration of independence 496; relegates others to second-class state 508
Crossing the Threshold of Hope: Karol Wojtyla 313
Crowley, Father David 405
Crucitti, Francesco 170
Cuba: papal visit 510–13
Cunningham, Pauline 462–7
Curia: attacks Pope John Paul I 4; ruthless support for Cardinal Siri 5–6; Lenten retreat 22–4; support Cardinal Siri 29; uses papal visits to cover problems 74; forces Dutch Bishops to recant 100; resentment at papal retinues 162; fascism 309; deeply embedded anti-Semitism 365; always prevents change 618–19
Cusiter, Helen 412
Czechoslovakia: Charter 77 122; Prague Spring 350, 352; Russian invasion 352
Dabrowski, Bishop Bronislaw 166
Daignault, James 423
Daily, Bishop 427
d’Ambrosio: Judge Gerardo 164–5
D’Angelo, Father Rocco 422
D’Aubuisson, Major Roberto 108
Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul 411, 414
Day of Pardon 369
De Benedetti, Carol 291
de Bonis, Monsignor Donato 46, 92, 581, 584, 586
de la Cierva, Yago 293
De La Salle Brothers 404–5
de Strobel, Pelligrino 46, 92, 188, 202, 207, 576
de Weck, Philippe 199–200, 582, 590
Decree of Gratian 379–80
Del Rio, Domenico 662
Del Tapia, Maria Carmen 628–9
Delaney: Willie 414–15
Denaro, Francesco Messina 165
Depo-Provera 492
Der Spiegel 420
D’Ercole, Father Giovanni 603
Deskur, Cardinal Andrzej 6, 17, 23, 30, 622
Deutsche Bank 200
Devine, Bishop Joe 289
Di Cristina, Giuseppe 93
Di Luca, Antonio 594
Di Nunzio, Giorgio 191
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders 473–4
dictatorships 60
Dignitatis Humanae 16
Dimnik, Dr Bozo 499
DiNocala, Tammy 626
Dionizije, Friar 503–4
Diotavelli, Ernesto 198
Diotavelli, Flavio 194
Divine Intervention 178–80
domino theory 75
Doyle, Father Thomas: monitors Gauthe case 394, 395; joint author of guide to child abuse 395–7; told to drop the project 399; analyses the Pauline Cunningham case 466–7; criticises Bishops Board report 479, 485; forced out of Vatican service 479
Doylestown, Philadelphia 49
Draganovic, Monsignor Krunislav 506
Dubček, Alexander 350, 351, 352
Dulles, Cardinal Avery 680–1
Dunlop, Constable Perry 289, 402
Dupre, Thomas 484
Duprey, Father Pierre 361
Dupuis, Father Jacques 570
Dutch: secularisation 292; outrage at treatment of bishops 485
Dutch Church: enlightened reforms 99–100; reforms banned 100; attempts to insure against sexual abuse compensation 417
Dziwisz, Archbishop Stanislaw: Wojtyla’s chaplain 20; papal gatekeeper 162; ‘the other Pope’ 162, 325, 621; with Wojtyla at assassination attempt 169–70; Pope’s survival a miracle 180; takes charge when Pope cannot speak 281; leaks papal endorsement of film 374; thanks Father Maciel for help 443; leads ruling cabal 619, 620, 665; Bishop to Archbishop 621–2; rebukes Ratzinger 665
E C: Peace Conference on Yugoslavia 497–8; recognises Croatia and Slovenia 501
Easter rituals, Kalwaria 328–9, 375
Ebadi, Shirin 516
Echevarria, Xavier 624
Economus, Father Tom 436–7
Eder, Archbishop George 671
Eisenbach, Bishop Franziskus 403
El Pais 589
El Salvador 60; murderous campaign 102–3; Democratic Revolutionary Front (FDR) 103; persecution of the Church 105–6; military aid 239; missionaries killed 246; economic deprivation 248; papal visit 250; murder rate 279
Emmerich, Sister Anne Catherine 373, 375
ENI 583
Ernst and Young 591
Escobar, Pablo 243
Escriva, Monsignor Josemaria 621, 624, 626, 627–8, 628–9
Estermann, Alois 648–9, 652, 657, 659–60
Estermann murders 649–51, 652–3, 661–2
ethnic cleansing 497, 502–4, 503
European Community Peace Conference on Yugoslavia 358
European Parliament 460
European Union 321–2, 324, 523
Exocet missiles attempted purchase 195
Falcone, Judge Giovanni 612
Falklands War 195, 308, 309, 312
Fallen Order: Karen Liebreich 381
family planning: US withdraws funding 259; would reduce dangers to women 549–50
Farrell, Father Brian 602
Fatima: manifestation of Mary 179, 301; relates to attack on Pope 307
Fearns, Christopher 404
Feldhendler, Leon 344
Felici, Cardinal 33
Felzmann, Father Vladimir 627
Fernandez, Esteban 70
Ferruzzi, Alessandra 582, 584, 586, 587
Filipovic, Friar Miroslav 504
Final Solution 342
Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering 613
Fisichella, Bishop Rino: Fides et Ratio 664
Fitzpatrick, Frank 425
Föhl, Dr Karl 81
Forefather’s Eve, The: Adam Mickiewicz 349
foreign aid programmes: US withdraws funds from family planning 543
‘four wise men’ commission 199–200, 201
Fourth World Conference on Women 528
France: Church near meltdown 291–2
Franciscan Order 303, 304, 305, 357, 358, 414, 481, 510
Frankel, Martin 596–7; aka Eric Stevens 597; aka David Rosse 598–603, 605–10passim; aka Michael King 598
Franklin First National Bank 93
Freeh, Louis 630
Freer, Lyndsay 416
Frossard, André 178
Fuci, Pietro 650
Gagliano, Alfonso 594–5
Gajowniczek, Franciszek 83
Gallois, General Pierre 496
Galtieri, General Leopoldo 245, 312
Galuska, Tadeusz 335
Gänswein, Monsignor Georg 665
Gantin, Cardinal Bernardin 4, 24, 32
Garcia, Lucas 250
Gatwick Airport 408
Gauthe, Father Gilbert 387–9, 390, 391, 392, 393, 462
Gazzetta del Populo (newspaper) 29
Gelli, Licio: assists Corleone family 47, 164; warns Calvi of new investigation 48–9, 56, 163; flees to Uruguay 164–5; list of P2 members found in his safe 164; prays for Pope’s recovery 185; his documents compromise Calvi 186; his guilt implicates the Vatican 193; tries to buy Exocet missiles 195–6; stolen money on deposit 199; arrest and escape 208–9; suggests stolen money is in Poland 236; helps Bisignani launder money 584; criminal range 695
Genscher, Hans-Dietrich 496, 498–9, 500
Geoghan, John 427–8, 431, 444, 445, 450
Georgofili Academy, Florence 612
Geremek, Bronislaw 126
German atrocities 10–11
Germany: reuinification 278; supplies arms to Croatia 496, 498
Gheddo, Piero: Redemptoris Missio 664
Gierek, Edward: welcomes Pope’s election 35; resists Brezhnev over Pope’s visit 40; rejoices the Pope has rejected politics 68; ensures Pope’s visit runs smoothly 75–7, 79, 80, 85; becomes First Secretary 117, 120; offers wage increases 123; flies to holiday 124; asks Cardinal Wyszynski to help 127; secretly creates task force 128; removed from office 132
Giornale 663
Giscard d’Estaing, President Valéry 139, 517
glasnost 271
Glemp, Archbishop Jozef: appointed Polish Primate 214, 216; seeks solutions to the crisis 216; offers to mediate between Communists and Solidarity 218–19; broadcasts sermon of appeasement 223–4; middle of the road position 252–3; ignores pleas from Solidarity 356
Gomez, Archbishop José 522–3
Gomulka, Wladyslaw 116, 117, 349–50, 351–2
Gorbachev, Mikhail 262, 265, 269, 271, 278–9, 644
Gordievsky, Oleg 178
Görlich, Professor Edward 82
Grab, Monsignor Amédée 659
Graham, Billy 90
Grande, Father Rutilio 102, 104
Grande Stevens, Franzo 305
Grant-Ferris, Father Piers 488
Graviano, Giuseppe 613
Grech, Father 464
Greeley, Father Andrew 33, 37–8, 285, 286–7, 481–2
Gregory, Bishop Wilton 446
Griesa, Judge Thomas 111
Groer, Cardinal Hans Hermann 411, 438, 483
Guardian newspaper 558
Guatemala: death squads 240; papal visit 250; civil war 279
Guerri, Cardinal 111
Guevara, Bishop Abelardo 296
Gugel, Angelo 660
Gulf War (1990/91) 272
Gutièrrez, Father Gustavo 59, 570–1
Gwiazda, Andrzej 123, 151, 236
Gwiazda, Joanna 123
Hackney, John 597
Hannan, Archbishop Phillip 389, 390
Hanssen, Bob 630–2
Harrell, Commissioner Lee 611
Harry Potter 296
Healy, Maurice 452–3
Hebblethwaite, Peter 146, 171, 680
Heckler, Victor 471
Heinemann, Gustav 136
Helsinki Agreement 122
Henderson, Sir David 471–2
Herbert, Paul 388
Herlihy, Bishop Donal 487
Hermann, Cardinal Hans 411
Herranz, Cardinal Julian 298
Hevia, Father Renato 243
Hiatt, Howard 233–4
Hill, Father Michael 406–8, 474
Hill, Joe 122
Hirschmann, Chaim 344
His Holiness: Carl Bernstein and Marco Poletti 229, 291
HIV/AIDS 456, 557, 558, 559–60, 674
Hlond, Cardinal August 330, 344–5
Hnilica, Bishop Paul Maria 191, 236, 637–47; in Medjugorje 460
Höffner, Cardinal Joseph 136, 243, 259, 576
Hofton, Father William 483
Holocaust 82; claims of ignorance 339; survivors sue for damages 510
homosexuality: in the Vatican 168, 647, 654; US poll rejects discrimination 287; definitions 377; Austrian network 483; zero tolerance towards 492; Ratzinger issues letter on 565–9
Honecker, Erich 134, 137, 140, 278
Höss, Rudolf 342
House of Affirmation 388
Houthakker, Professor Hendrik 26
Howie, Helen 412
Hoyos, Cardinal Dario Castrillon 432, 452
Hrvatska Banka DD Mostar 304–5
Hughes, Archbishop Alfred 427
Human Rights 60; also for women 89
Humanae Vitae Marriage Groups 539
Hurd, Douglas 500
Huron, Jacek 217
Ibanez, President Jorge Batle 620
Impallomeni, Giuseppe 95
In God’s Name: David Yallop 4, 190–1, 199, 206, 693–6
in vitro fertilisation (IVF) 554, 555
International Labour Organisation (ILO) 122
International Marketing Group (IMG) 310–11
internet: Vatican use of 313
IOR (Istituto per le Opere di Religione) see Vatican Bank
IRA 43
Ireland 31–2; papal visit 285–6; women have abortions in England 552–3
Irish Bishops Conference 417–18
Israel: papal visit 370–1; failure to honour agreements 372
Italy: low birth rate 289; decline in weddings 298
Ivory Coast: papal visit 514–15
Jablonski, President Henryk 35, 78, 80, 143, 172
Jacobs, Father Peter 599, 600, 602, 603, 608
Jagiellonian University 12, 62, 331–2
Jagielski, Deputy Prime Minister 126, 127, 129
Jakubczyk, Father Jan 117
Jakubowicz, Rabbi Maciej 352
Jaruzelski, General Wojciech: welcomes Pope’s election 35; bargains with Solidarity 147–8; pays tribute to Cardinal Wyszynski 172; proposes grand coalition 216–17; military coup d’état 220–1; proposed conference 230; releases Lech Walesa 252, 253; meetings with the Pope 254, 256; talks with the Pope 267–8
Jasna Gora, Our Lady of Czestochowa 36
Jedwabne killings 342
Jehle, Monsignor Alois 658
Jeweller’s Shop, The: Karol Wojtyla 533, 534
John Jay College of Criminal Justice 478–9
John Paul I see Luciani, Albino
John Paul II see Wojtyla, Karol
Johnson, Stephen 423
Jubilee Year 368; sponsors 318
Kabango, Monsignor Emery 273–6, 277
Kadar, Janos 140
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska 328–9
Kamphaus, Monsignor 498
Kane, Sister Theresa 88–90, 562
Kania, Stanislaw 79, 128, 132, 140, 141, 147, 172, 221
Kasper, Cardinal Walter 346
Keating, Governor Frank 454, 455–6
Kelley, Father David 485
Kelly, Ruth 626–7
Kennedy, Father Eugene C. 471, 472
Kennedy, Justice Anthony 476
Kennedy, Margaret 460–2
Kennedy, President John F 549
Kenny, John 92
Keoghan, Robert 414
Kerry, Senator John 517–18, 521, 523, 545, 548
Kershaw, Alan 606–7
KGB 128, 173–4, 177–8; concern over US policies 177
Kicanas, Bishop Gerald 484
Kielce pogrom 344
KIK 119
Kirkpatrick, Ambassador Jeane 158, 246
Kissinger, Henry 247–8
Kiszcak, General Czeslaw 236
Klein, Nancy 546–7
Kleinszig, Manuela 199
Kluger, Jurak 329
Knight of the Immaculate (Catholic weekly) 330, 357, 358
Kociolek, Stanislaw 116
Kohl, Chancellor Helmut 496, 497–8, 501, 510
Kolbe, Father Maximilian: self-sacrifice 83, 358; edits anti-Semitic weekly 330; canonization 357; publishes anti-Semitic articles 357
KOR (Committee for the Defence of the Workers) 119, 120, 121, 122, 130, 140
Kos, Father Rudolph 426
Kossak-Szczuka, Zofia 338
Kotlarczyk, Mieczyslaw 11, 61, 334
Kramer, Professor Mark 229
Kreiger, Monsignor Maurilio 305–6
Krenn, Bishop Kurt 483–4
Krol, Cardinal John 28, 31, 39, 96–7, 398, 576, 579
Królikiewicz-Kwiatkowska, Haloina 299–300
Kronzer, Mrs Ardath 645
Kuklinski, Colonel Ryszard 156, 226, 229
Kukolwicz, Professor Romuald 130–1, 147, 214
Kulczycki, Father Wladyslaw 13, 16, 18
Kurowski, Father 11
Kwasniewski, President Alexander 297
La Civilta Cattolica 367–8
La Croix (French Catholic daily) 292
La Nacion (Argentine daily) 620
La Prodigiosa Aventura del Opus Dei: Jesús Ynfante 632
La Repubblica (Italian daily) 458, 561, 662
Laghi, Cardinal Pio 243, 244, 245, 260, 389, 394, 395, 397, 577–8, 603
Lajolo, Archbishop Giovanni 524
Lane, Father Bernard 449
Lapide, Pinchas 341
Lateran Treaty 111, 577, 580, 588, 596, 694
Latin America: Catholic Continent 319–20; hostility to Pope John Paul II 671–3
Lau, Chief Rabbi Israel Meir 366, 370
Law, Cardinal Bernard F: values Father Doyle’s report 398–9; anger at media 422, 425, 427; faces damages 427, 428; briefs Vatican on Boston abuse 429–30; press statement 430–1; calls for resignation 431, 450; Pope forbids resignation 435; ordered to depose evidence 444; resignation accepted 450
Lawlor, John 402
Legionnaires of Christ 56, 374–5, 439, 441, 443, 621
Lehmann, Cardinal Karl 420, 593
Lejeune, Professor Jerome 635; The Silent Scream 162
Lemberger, Jay 426
Lenin shipyards, Gdansk 116, 118, 124, 143–4
Lennon, Bishop Richard 450
Leo IX 379
Leo XIII 367
Lescrauwaet, Father Joseph 100
L’Espresso magazine 662
Leszek, Prime Minister 552
Letterfrack 414
letters of comfort 188–9
Levada, Cardinal William 399, 486, 490, 690
Levi, Monsignor Virgilio 179, 257
Liberation Theology 59, 59–60, 63, 67, 242, 269, 319–20, 570
Linkup 436
Lipski, Jan Jozef 120
Lis, Bogdan 123
Little Daily, The (Catholic daily) 357
Longley, Clifford 565
Lope Rega, José 209
Lopez, Theresa 644–5
Lorscheider, Cardinal Aloisio 71
L’Osservatore Romano 37, 108, 179, 203, 237, 257, 289, 340, 513, 578, 650
Lourdes 301
Love and Responsibility: Karol Wojtyla 533, 534, 537, 538
Lublin University 62
Luciani, Albino (John Paul I): death of 3–5, 27, 207; intended reforms 3–4, 45–6; gesture by Paul VI 21; abjures temporal power 30–1, 32, 54; murder covered up 73; plans to remove Marcinkus 112; cover up after his murder 655
Lustiger, Cardinal Jean-Marie 323
Lyon, Captain Paul 506
Maastricht Treaty 499–500
McAreavey, Bishop John 418
McCarrick, Cardinal Theodore 451, 519
Macchi, Pasquale 622 McCormack, Bishop John 427, 453–4
McCormack, Mark 310
McCrabb, Donald R 625
McDowell, Justice Minister 487
McEveety, Steve 374
McGann, Bishop John R 441
McGee, Professor Hannah 418
MacGuigan, Mark 245
Macharski, Cardinal Franciszek 20, 143, 166
Maciel Degollado, Father Marcial 56, 439–44, 490, 621, 690–1
McLeish, Father Adrian 406
Madros, Father Peter 464
Mafia 46–7, 92, 93, 164, 578, 592, 611–13
Maggiolini, Bishop Alessandro: The End of Our Christianity 323
Magister, Sandro 662
Maglione, Cardinal 341
Mahan, Father 428
Mahony, Cardinal Roger 384–5, 454–5; zero tolerance on abuse 386
Major, Prime Minister John 500
Manning, Cardinal Timothy 5, 384
Mannoia, Francesco 164
Maradiaga, Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez 447
Marcinkus, Archbishop Paul: John Paul I plans to remove him 45–6; John Paul II confirms him at Bank 48, 51; threatened by Bank of Italy enquiry 49, 55; saved by death of John Paul I 58, 696; threat from a Sindona enquiry 92; received a brokerage fee evidence 94; directs Vatican Bank profits to Pope 98; agrees to swear deposition on Sindona 111; Casaroli requests information on 112; attempt to remove 121; support of John Paul II 121–2; inextricably bound to Roberto Calvi 163; takes charge of Mafia money 165–6; abandons Calvi 186; promotion to Archbishop 190; declares trust in Calvi 193–4; protected by Curia 199; returns money to Italian Banks 202–4; protected by the Pope 205; ignores demands 576; saved from prison by Lateran Treaty 580; finally resigns 581; resignation 581; death saves him from Calvi trial 614; relationships with criminals 695
Marcos, Ferdinand 577
Marrone, Judge Gianluigi 650, 657
Martin, Father Malachi 348
Martinez, Cardinal Eduardo 456, 458, 559, 560, 561
Martini, Cardinal 323
Martins, Cardinal José 620
Massera, Admiral Emilio 209
Maurel, Abbot Jean-Lucien 419
May, Archbishop John L 339
Mazowiecki, Tadeusz 126, 130, 133, 145–6, 216, 351, 353
Medeiros, Cardinal Humberto 427
media: declared anti-Catholic 447
Medina, Cardinal Jorge 243
Meehan, Ambassador Francis 219
Meese, Edward 259
Mejia, Cardinal Jorge 201, 620
Meli, Tullio 663
Memory And Reconciliation: The Church and The Faults of The Past 368–9, 370
Mennini, Luigi 46, 92, 188, 202, 207, 576
Mensaje (Chilean magazine) 243
Mesic, Stjepan 356, 495, 499, 510
Messori, Vittorio 324
Mexico 56–7, 58–60; papal visit 313–15; visit sponsorship 313–14; Pope John Paul II’s message rejected 674–5
Meza Romero, Gladys 648–9, 654
Miami Herald 360
Michalsky, Monsignor Stanislaw 622
Michelini, Alberto 662
Mickiewicz, Adam: The Forefather’s Eve 349
Milan Stock Exchange Regulatory Agency 195
Milanese protest at Vatican Bank’s alliance 192–3
Milla, Jacqueline 384
Millennium Holy Year 318
Milliyet (Turkish newspaper) 176
Mirtara, Edgardo 367
Mitterand, President François 500
MKS (inter-factory strike committee) 131
Moczar, General 349
Molina, Father Uriel 250
Molla, Gianna Beretta 554–5
Monitor Ecclesiasticus Foundation (MEF) 599–605passim, 607-10passim
Montedison 582–3
Montini, Monsignor Giovanni Battista see Paul VI
Moriera, Cardinal Lucas 243
mother of all bribes 583, 586, 587
Mount Cashel Orphanage 400–2
Mouton, Monsignor Richard 388, 392
Mozzana, Ruggiero 187
Müller, Heinrich 507
Müller, Wunibald 420–1
Mumford, Dr Stephen 542, 542–3
Munoz, Ronaldo 242
Murphy, Bishop 427
Murphy O’Connor, Cardinal Cormac 289, 322, 407–9, 474, 555
Murray, Father Don 436
Musumeci, General Pietro 121
Mwana a’Nzeki, Archbishop Raphael Ndingi 674
Napier, Cardinal 620
National Catholic Reporter 90–1, 458, 561
National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) 399
Navarro-Valls, Joaquin: Vatican spin doctor 281–2, 348; Opus Dei member controls press office 294; pushes papal endorsement of film 374; abuse of women is restricted to one area 458, 561; ‘heroic fidelity of the great majority’ 459; ignores plea to postpone beatification 509; denies money-laundering allegations 596; denies Vatican involvement in insurance scam 608–9, 610; in cabal running Church affairs 619; first on murder scene 650; solves murder mystery 651; statement whitewashes murder scenario 652–4; bans journalists 662–3; denies tape-recording 663; wrongly reveals Pope’s illness 663–4
Nazareth homes 411–12
New York Times 69, 135, 447, 452, 491
Newsweek magazine 629
Ngocthu, Monsignor Vincent Tran 622
Nichols, Archbishop Vincent 410
Niehaus, Judge Richard 478
Nixon, President Richard 541
Nobel Peace Prize 516
Nogara, Barnardino 589
Northern Ireland 43
Nostra Aetate 345, 347, 353–4, 355, 366, 371
Nowa Huta 75–6
nuns: sexual abuse against 456–8, 459–60
Obando y Bravo, Cardinal Miguel 249, 270, 280, 447, 551
O’Brien, Cardinal Keith 289
O’Connell, Bishop Anthony 422
O’Conner, Cardinal John 579, 602
O’Donnell, Father William 387
O’Donohue, Sister Maura 456, 559–60, 561
O’Malley, Cardinal Sean Patrick 450–1, 483
Opus Dei: in Vatican 168; granted personal prelature 204, 621; uses funds to cover deficit 204; media outlets 293–4, 628; active support for Mel Gibson film 374–5; has the ear of the Pope 443; self-flagellation 535, 623; lay experts to run Vatican Bank 582; stonewall laundering enquiry 595–6; cabal running Catholic Church 619; back Ratzinger for Pope 622; foundation and spread 623–4, 630; university recruitment centres 625–6; position of women 626, 629; beatification of Escriva 627, 629; and Soviet spy 630–2; rules 632–3, 632–4; extent of empire 633–6; in Italy 634–6; in Spain 634–5; links to Swiss Guard 660
oral contraception pill 539
Ormanni, magistrate Alfredo 596, 648
Ortega, Daniel 279
Ortega y Alamino, Cardinal Jaime 512–13, 513, 514
Ortiz Luna, Father Octavio 60
Ortolani, Umberto 47, 48, 49, 163, 193, 198, 584
Ossowska, Ewa 123
Ottaviani, Cardinal Alfredo 381
Otunga, Cardinal Maurice 6874
Our Lady of Czestochowa, Jasna Gora 49–50, 127, 128
P2 Masonic Lodge 46, 48, 58, 94, 95, 121, 164, 206, 207, 208–9, 584, 635, 695
Padalino, Inspector Giulio 48
paedophilia 377, 380, 407; Brazil 417; Germany 421, see also child abuse
Paetz, Archbishop Juliusz 404
Paldiel, Dr Mordecai 338
Panorama (magazine) 193
papal infallibility 530, 532, 562;American dissent 90; historic errors 98–9
papal visits: Mexico 56–7, 58–60, 61–71, 313–15, 442–3; media coverage 76, 78–9; Poland 78–85, 255–6; USA 85–6, 88–91; hostile reception in Holland 101; Africa 110; Brazil 113–14; West Germany 136–7; Argentina 244–5; Costa Rica 248–9; Nicaragua 249–50; El Salvador 250; Guatemala 250; Slovakia 281–2; costs of 284–5; Ireland 285–6; require a contribution 291; United Kingdom 308, 310–12; legacy 315; Israel 370–1; Austria 438–9; Canada 445–6; Cuba 510–13; Ivory Coast 514–15; secrets leaked 663
Pasanisi, Francesco 660
Passion of the Christ 373–4
Pastoral Plan For Pro-Life Activities 542–3
Pastore, Father Pierfranco 146
Paul VI: death 3, 27; names Wojtyla Cardinal 16–17; nominates Wojtyla to Synod of Bishops 21; investigates Pauline Fathers corruption 49–50; Evangeli Nuntiandi 67; creates Ostpolitik 73; links with US Intelligence 155; Milan Mafia 161; calls Sindona ‘Saviour of the Vatican’ 205; anti-Semitic sermon 346; protects Pavelic and Ustashi 505–6; controlled by his secretary 622
Pauline Fathers Order 49–50
Paulubicki, Janusz 236
Pavelic, Ante 501–2, 503, 504–5, 507, 508
Pavoni, Dr 275–6
Payne, Douglas 511–12
Pazienza, Francesco 209
Pechersky, Alexander 344
Pell, Cardinal 416
perestroika 271
Peric, Bishop Ratko 308
Peric, Friar Dr Srecko 504
Peter Damian, Saint 378–9, 382
Peterson, Father Michael 285, 394, 397, 398
Pfeiffer: Father Pancrazio 341
Philippines: US policy 261; fall of Marcos regime 264
Piarist Order 380
Pican, Bishop Pierre 419
Piccoli, Flaminio 165
Pienkowska, Alina 123
Pignedoli, Cardinal Sergio 24
Pilarczyk, Archbishop Daniel 477–8, 485
Pinkowski, Jozef 132
Pinochet, General Ugarte 68, 71, 243–4
Piovano: Monsignor Gianfranco 602, 603
Pius IX: sordid anti-Semitism 367, 531; ‘Syllabus of Errors’ 530, 562, 570; beatified by Wojtyla 531; ‘prisoner in the Vatican’ 532; dislike of democracy 562
Pius V 470
Pius XI 55
Pius XII: doctrine of impartiality 340–1; gives asylum to Jews 341–2; receives Pavalic in audience 502; appoints Stepinac as military chaplain 504; smuggles war criminals out 506; makes Stepinac a Cardinal 507; declares ‘safe period’ lawful 527
pogroms 326
Pohier, Father Jacques 99
Poland: civil unrest at price increases 115–17; soldiers fire on strikers 115, 116–17; foreign support and funding 121, 122; workers’ demands 124, 125; strikes spread 126; Soviet invasion threat 139, 141; plans martial law 140; new wave of strikes 146–7; military coup 217, 220; martial law 219, 221, 223, 251–2, 257; mass arrests 220; papal visit 254–6, 683–6; German invasion 332–3; forced labour 333; student-led protests (1968) 349–50; pledge to legalise abortion 552
Poletti, Cardinal Ugo 180
Polish Catholic Church 141, 147
Pompedda, Cardinal Mario 620
Pontifical Academy of Sciences 232–4
Pontifical Council for the Family 110
Poor Sisters of Nazareth 411, 412–13
Pope in Britain, The: Peter Jennings 336
Popieluszko, Father Jerzy 254, 255
pornography 598, 647; internet 406
Porter, Father James R. 422–6
Portillo, President Jose Lopez 56, 442
Portland Archdiocese 483
Poupard, Cardinal 292–3
Prague Spring 137
Price Waterhouse 590, 591, 604
Priests’ bank see Banco Ambrosiano
Prima Linea 57
Protocols of the Elders of Zion 357
Providence diocese 476
Puglisi, Father 613
Quintana, Monsignor Pedro Lopez 650
Radio Vatican 578
Rakowski, Mieczyslaw 151
Ranke-Heinemann, Ute 136
Ratzinger, Cardinal Joseph (later Benedict XVI): inner cabal 29, 53; hopes for progress 32, 322–3; praises Cardinal Sin 264; criticises European Parliament 324; supports Waldheim honour 363; silence on sexual abuse 432, 439, 444, 490–1, 492, 629; immunity from law suit 488; tells US bishops to exclude John Kerry 519; dogmatic view of sex matters 526, 562, 563; on feminism 535–7; on abortion 540–1; on homosexuality 565–6, 567–9; Vatican Enforcer 565, 567, 570; on rock music 571; in unelected cabal 619; rebuked by Archbishop Dzwisz 665; actions as elected Pope 689–90, 691–2
Re, Cardinal Giovanni Battista 53, 603, 605, 607, 611, 650
Reader’s Digest 174
Reagan, President Ronald 69, 85, 145, 158, 200; support for right-wing regimes 157–8; administration 211–12; sanctions against Poland 230, 260, 266–7, 268; urges Pope to mediate 230; writes to Pope on nuclear weapons 232; Central American policy 239–40, 241; relationship with Vatican 262; Vatican visit 268–9; personal papers 273–7
Reilly, Attorney General Thomas 450
religious sisters: sexual abuse of 456–8, 459–60
Riedi, Lance-Corporal Marcel 649
Rios Montt, General Efrain 240, 250
Rivera, Cardinal Norberto 447
Rocca, Cardinal Nasalli 30
Roche, Dr John 623
Roman Curia see Curia
Rome synagogue 353
Romeo, Monsignor Carlos 238
Romero, Archbishop Oscar 60–1, 69, 101–8, 245–6, 248, 250, 279; funeral 108–10
Romley, District Attorney Rick 476
Rospond, Bishop Stanislaw 9, 13
Rosse, David 596
Rudé Právo (Czech Communist daily) 215
Ruini, Cardinal Camillo 614
Rural Solidarity: meeting with leaders 152–3
Rwanda: genocide 515
Sabbah, Michel (Latin Patriarch) 467
Sacrament of Penance 381
St Francis of Assisi Foundation 602, 604, 605, 607, 608, 609
St John of God Brothers 416
St Luke Institute 394
St Ninian’s School, Gartmore 404–5
St Pölten diocese 481
St Serafino foundation 585, 587
St Stanislaw, Feast of 74–5, 77
saints: creation of by John Paul II 207, 321
Salerno, Bishop Francesco 601, 602, 603
Sama, Carlo 582, 584, 585, 586, 587
Samore, Cardinal Antonio 55
Sanchez Asiains, José 582, 589
Sandalo Bernardino, Bishop Angelico 417
Sandri, Archbishop Leonardo 619, 620
Sapieha, Archbishop Adam 7, 8, 10, 12, 62, 336, 340
satanic masses 647
SB (Sluzba Bezpieczenstwa) secret police 12–13, 14, 17–18
Scaletti, Dr Lelio 604
Schmidt, Chancellor Helmut 139
Schönborn, Cardinal Christoph 524
Schröder, Patricia 237
Schuchter, Kaethe 599
Schwartzman, Judge Alan 386
Scicluna, Monsignor Charles 470
Scott, Marion 404
Scricciolo, Luigi 191
Sebastini, Cardinal Sergio 678
Second Vatican Council 16
secret system: historical origins 376, 377; instructions for trial 381–2; quiet transfer by the Bishop 385–6; in Ireland 404; in United Kingdom 407–8, 482; in France 419–20; in Germany 420–1; in United States 422, 424, 427, 472–3, 485; in Jerusalem 464; Franciscans 481; Salesians 481; perpetuated by Catholic hierarchy 687, see also clerical sexual abuse
Senatro, Eduardo 340
Sepe, Cardinal Crescenzio 513
Seper, Cardinal Franjo 107, 302, 525, 565
Seromba, Father Athanase 515–16
Servants of the Paraclete 385, 407, 424, 472, 474
Seton Psychiatric Institute 472
sexual abuse see clerical sexual abuse
Sgreccia, Monsignor Elio 468, 469, 551
Shakespeare, Ambassador Frank 267, 360–1, 577–8
Shanley, Father Paul 428–9, 431, 444–5, 475
Sheridan, Bishop Michael 518
Silkowski, Zbigniew 531
Silvestrini, Archbishop Achille 230, 237, 238
Simon Wiesenthal Centre 200–1, 509
Simonis, Cardinal Adrianis 292
Sin, Cardinal Jaime 261, 263, 264
Sindona, Michele 49, 58, 92–4, 110–11, 112, 186, 695–6; imprisonment 205–6; murder of 207
Sipe, Father Richard 472
Siri, Cardinal Giuseppe 5, 6, 28, 29
SISMI (Italian Intelligence Service) 112, 121
Skwarnicki, Marek 53
Slovakia: papal visit 281–2, 315
Slovenia: elections 494–5; declaration of independence 496
Smith, Ann 558
SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) 482
Snider, William 606
Sodano, Cardinal Angelo: inner cabal 53; urges release of General Pinochet 243; refuses demand to extradite child abusers 476; supports Croatian independence 499; placates Fidel Castro 514; agrees with President Bush 519; blocks insurance investment 602; evades insurance query 605; in cabal running the Church 619; evades answering protest letters 629; prevents outside investigation of murders 650–1; urges cremation of murder victim 658; past retirement age 666
Solidarity 122; movement spreads 132; added demands 133; denounced by Eastern bloc 134; international support 145; negotiations with government 147–8, 149; foreign support and funding 191–2, 235–6; challenges Communism 215; legacy of 1990 252
Somalo, Cardinal Eduardo Martinez 582, 619
Somoza, Anastasio 239
Sources of Renewal: Karol Wojtyla 354
Soviet Politburo 131
Soviet Union: military activity increased 134, 138, 141; closes East German border 138; arms negotiations 191; naval and military exercises 215
Spada, Massimo 92
Spain: Civil War 156, 676; Church opposes democratic government 295, 556; Opus Dei 634–5; exodus from Church accelerating 676; only fascist victims beatified 676
Speakes, Larry 257
Stachura, General Boguslaw 128
Stafford, Archbishop Francis 645
Stahel, General Rainer 341
Stangl, Franz 507
Stansbury, District Attorney Nathan 395
Star Wars see Strategic Defence Initiative
Stein, Edith 363–4
Stepinac, Archbishop Alojzije 503, 504, 507, 509
Stimphle, Monsignor 498
Stock, Father Gerard 406
Stomma, Professor Stanislaw 15
Storni, Archbishop Egardo 403
Strange, John 521
Strategic Defence Initiative (Star Wars) 260, 266, 272, 278
Suarez Mason, General Carlos 209
Sunday Mail 404
Sweeney, Judge Constance 448
Swiecicki, Professor Andrzej 131
Symons, Bishop J Keith 422
Synod of Bishops 21, 41–2; reiterate Church doctrines 556
Szczepanski, Maciej 79
Szoka, Cardinal 323
Szoka, Cardinal Edmund Casimir 205, 587–8, 589, 592–3
Tablet The 565
Tamayo, Father Santiago 383, 384, 385, 462
Tass 150
Tass (Soviet Press Agency) 130
Tauran, Archbishop Jean Louis 496
Tekla, Abbess Sister 513
Terruwe, Dr Anna 474
Teta, Father 484
Tettamanzi, Cardinal 613–14
Thatcher, Prime Minister Margaret 139, 265
‘the other Pope’ 162, 477, 621, 622, 665
The Times 408
Thirty Days magazine 447
Thomas Aquinas, Saint 526–7, 528
Time magazine 85, 90, 317, 336
Tito, Marshal 494
Tomzinski, Father George 50
Tornay, Lance-Corporal Cédric 649, 651–2, 653–4, 658, 659, 660
Torpigliani, Archbishop Bruno 263
Toynbee, Polly 558
Trapani Mafia 165
Tricarico, Archbishop Alberto 603
Trujillo, Cardinal Alfonso Lopez 108, 110, 242–3, 558, 635
Trupia, Father Robert 484
Trybuna Ludu (Communist newspaper) 78
Tudjman, President Franjo 494, 497, 499, 508, 509
Tugade, Father Valentine 384, 385
Turner, Ted 447
Turowicz, Jerzy 136
Tygodnik Powszechny (Cracow newspaper) 15, 27, 136
Tymieniecka, Dr Anna-Teresa 25–6, 155, 533–4
UN Declaration of Human Rights 86
UN population conference: Catholic filibuster 546
United Kingdom: papal visit 308, 310–12, 311–12; Catholic Church disrupts Labour Party bid 555; Ruth Kelly a minister 626–7
United States: policies 212; foreign policy 237; nuclear missile question 238; foreign aid programmes 247–8; awards Vatican full diplomatic status 257–8; Bishops oppose nuclear weapons 258–9; Bishops confirm zero tolerance 446–7; Bishops campaign against abortion law 542–3; no family planning in foreign aid programmes 543; Catholic Bishops acts against liberal candidates 544–5; Catholic Bishops manipulate democratic processes 545–6; access to abortion directive 546; anti-abortion pressure groups 548; pro-choice Democrats targeted 548; Opus Dei activities in universities 625–6
US military aid 240, 247; to El Salvador 227–8; Contras 228
Ustashi 501–2, 503–4, 506–7, 510
Vagnozzi, Cardinal Egidio: financial report 3, 46, 73, 121, 191, 576, 642
Varisco, Lieutenant-Colonel Antonio 93–4
Vatican: overtures from United States 166–7; briefing on Central America 238–9, 241, 246–7; tacit approval of genocide 359; relationship with Israel 361–2, 365–6; announces the Pope has summoned all Cardinals 431; Cardinals discuss child abuse scandal 434; claims clerical sexual abuse an American problem 436; provides finance for weapons purchase 498; protects Ustashi war criminals 505–6; excommunicates Archbishop’s prosecutors 507–8; battles to outlaw abortion and birth control globally 542; dismisses feminism as a fashion 563; bans homosexuals from seminaries 572; continual deficits 575–6; lay workers protest 617–18
Vatican Academy of Sciences 260
Vatican Bank (IOR) 27, 45–6, 46–7, 196, 575, 693; changes 5; economic crisis 95–8; transfers money to Poland 121; Mafia account holders 163–4; concern over bank loans 188; loans to South African apartheid regime 208; sued by Holocaust survivors 510; female employees discriminated 529; investigations into 576; money laundering 584, 587, 595, 604, 613; appoints external auditors 590; sued by US insurance commissioners 611
Vatican City State 167–8, 616–17
Vatican Council II 16, 23, 27, 43–4, 59, 345–6, 347, 354, 453
Vatican document (1998) 262–4
Vatican Enforcer 565, 567, 570
Vatican seminar 468–71; opposes zero tolerance on abuse 468–9
Vatican wages plea 87–8, 97, 98
Vatican Workers’ Union 579
Vergès, Jacques 662
Vianni 203–4
Vignali, Carlos 455
Villot, Cardinal Jean 3, 4, 5, 29, 37, 41–2, 45, 47, 73
VISAO (Portuguese magazine) 624
Vogel, Bishop Hansjörg 411
Volk, Cardinal Hermann 83
Volpato, Marina 572–3
Waldheim, Kurt 358–60, 361, 362–3; reaction to papal audience 360
Walentynowicz, Anna 122, 123, 124
Walesa, Lech 118, 120, 122, 123, 126, 129, 133, 134, 135; calls for calm 142–3, 144; trip to Vatican 144; single-handed compromise 151; coalition conference 216; released from prison 253; awarded Nobel Prize 257
Walters, General Vernon 191, 225–6, 227–8, 237–8; meetings with the Pope 261; briefs Pope against Soviet Union 265
Ward, Archbishop John Aloysius 383, 404
Washington (DC) Archdiocese 478
Washington Post 89, 434, 447, 451, 491
Wasik, Jozef 335
We Remember: A Reflection on The Shoah 366–7
Weakland, Archbishop Rembert G. 452
Weigel, George 14, 87, 216, 528, 680
Weinberger, Casper 266
Wenger, Father Antoine 47
Wesoly, Father 20
Western United Life Assurance Company 604–5, 606
Whitelaw, William 44
Wiez-Link (Catholic monthly) 126
Willebrands, Cardinal 360
Williams, Dr Rowan (Archbishop of Canterbury) 569
Wilson, William 212, 230–1, 238, 265–6, 543–4, 578
Wojtyla, Emilia (mother of John Paul II) 530
Wojtyla, Karol (father of John Paul II) 329, 331, 529–30, 531
Wojtyla, Karol (John Paul II) 496; ECT scan 6; prepares as a candidate 6–7; safe occupation 7–8, 37, 39; war years 10–11, 38; retreats from communism 11–12; auxiliary Bishop of Cracow 12; Archbishop of Cracow 16; Cardinal 17; Love and Responsibility 19; visits Canada and US 20; dismissive of Communism 21–2, 68; second visit to US 25–7; The Acting Person 25; ignorance of Western democracy 26; elected Pope 32–3; rejects Luciani’s reforms 41–7, 54, 73; hostility to 51, 671–7; rampant Polish nationalism 51–2, 77–8; daily routine 52–3; Our God’s Brother 62; role of the priest 63–4; mission of the Church 64–7; rejects political involvement by the Church 68–9; hostility to Liberation Theology 69; radical speech to Mexican peasants 70–1; Redemptor Hominis 71–2; ‘forgiveness letter’ 76–7; visit to Cracow 80–2; addresses UN General Assembly 86; refuses Laicisation 87; dismissal of American way 91; believes critics are Communist 105; refuses to condemn El Salvador rulers 107; visits Brazil 113–14; aligns Church with strikers 125; abuses Cardinal Wyszynski 128; visits West Germany 136–7; letter to Brezhnev ignored 142; writes to Brezhnev 142; supports Solidarity 144; writes to Wyszynski with concern 148–9; contacts with CIA 155–6; bitter opposition to abortion 159–61; Polish retinue 161–2; assassination attempt 169–70, 174–5, 660; appoints Church finance commission 187; requests Calvi to fund Solidarity 191; protects Vatican Bank’s heads 202; again refuses to remove Marcinkus 205; financial expertise in Cracow 205; suspicion of United States 213; indecisiveness 218–19; calls for peace in Poland 224–5; Nicaraguan hostility to 249–50; silences Liberation Theology supporters 251; meets Lech Walesa 254, 256–7; suppresses criticism of US policy 277–8; ill health 282–3, 619–21, 664, 667–70; pastoral visits in Italy 297; death of mother 298–9; idolatry of the Virgin Mary 299–301; childhood 327–8, 329–30; university life 331–2; self-absorbed literary output 334–5; rejects armed resistance 335; reported as assisting Jews 336–8; given extra privileges 342–3; reports of speaking for the Jews 347–8; visits Cracow synagogue 352; Auschwitz visits 353, 355; censors condemnation of anti-Semitism 354; Sources of Renewal 354; silence over Auschwitz controversy 356; grants Kurt Waldheim a knighthood 363; public apology for past errors 368, 369–70; private screenings of Passion of the Christ 374; blames abuse on American society 376, 430; defines child abuse as a crime 379; clerical sexual abuse is only American 399, 481; fails to act on clerical physical abuse 411; avoids public reference to clerical sexual abuse 432; reaffirms celibacy 433; declares zero tolerance to child abusers 434–5; insists on secrecy over child abuse 438; visits Mexico 442–3; resiles from zero tolerance 449; supports Croatian independence 499; beatifies Alojzije Stepinac 509; visits Cuba 510–13; repeatedly attacks abortion 517; pronouncements on sex 526; Mulieris Dignitatem 528; devotion to the Virgin Mary 532; inflexibility and bigotry 562–3; arbitrary use of finances 579; shields Cardinal Carles 596; calls for elimination of corruption 615; created more saints 624; grants personal prelature to Opus Dei 624; visits Fatima 640; uses ghostwriters for infallible documents 664; death of 665, 670; myths and disinformation 679; papal infallibility 681; cult of personality 682; fatal vacillations 689
Wojtyla Papacy: marketing 312–13
women: banned from assisting at Mass 85–6; American dissent on ordination 90
women priests 562–3
World Youth Day: Denver (1993) 435–6, 437
Wyrzkkowski, Antonia 342
Wyszynski, Cardinal Stefan: named as Cardinal 9–10; recommends Wojtyla as auxiliary Bishop of Cracow 12; resists naming Wojtyla as Archbishop 14; standard-bearer of anti-Communists 18; develops trust in Wojtyla 25; astonished at Wojtyla becoming Pope 28; gives moral support to Wojtyla 33; reverses Pope Paul’s decisions 50; extends St Stanislaw celebrations 75; St Stanislaw’s anniversary 77; appeal for Polish reforms 117, 120; addresses workers 124; appeals to strikers 127; publishes list of fundamental rights 129; celebrates Walesa success 135; mediates between Solidarity and government 147; summons Solidarity leaders 149–50; addresses Rural Solidarity 152–4; terminal illness 166; death 172; defends trade unions 256
Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Centre 338, 371
Yallop, David: In God’s Name 4, 190–1, 199, 206, 693–6
Yeltsin, Boris 279
Yugoslavia 496–9
Zacher, Father Edward 7
Zachuta, Szczesny 83
Zanic, Bishop Pavao 307–8
Zegota 338–9
Zembruski, Father Michael M. 49–50
Zhivkov, Todor 140
Zielinkski, Father Christopher 598
Zimmerman, Warren 496