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...Equally remarkable, the great basilica is built in post-Renaissance style and has two long arms formed by 128 massive Doric columns that reach out from the porch to envelop a 7.4-acre plaza paved with granite and marble. Has St. Peter's Basilica been magically transported from Rome to the heart of Africa? No, this is the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro, the administrative capital of the Ivory Coast...
When Pope John Paul I suddenly died after just 33 days in office in 1978, Rome's tireless rumor mill lurched into high gear. Vatican fumbling and secrecy only compounded the confusion. The whispers about skulduggery revived in 1984, when author David Yallop speculated in his best-selling book, In God's Name, that the Pope had been poisoned by one of half a dozen suspects with various motives...
...years ago by giving its blessing to an investigation of the murder charges by British journalist John Cornwell, whose book, A Thief in the Night, was released in Britain in late May. A onetime seminarian, Cornwell, 48, is a veteran editor for the London Observer and a novelist. Rome backed the project after Britain's George Basil Cardinal Hume vouched for Cornwell's fairness and integrity. The author spent months interviewing the main witnesses, many of whom decided to speak only because of the Vatican go-ahead...
Cornwell's conclusion is that John Paul I died of a pulmonary embolism. (In 1978 the Vatican had said a heart attack was the cause.) His death apparently resulted from long-standing medical problems that were exacerbated by the early pressures of being Pope. Still, Rome may rue the day it encouraged Cornwell. The full story of the Pope's death, says Cornwell, is "much more shameful" than mere murder, and "the whole of the Vatican is responsible." In the days before he died, says Cornwell, John Paul suffered severe chest pains and swelling of his legs, yet nobody sought...
London: William Mader, Anne Constable Paris: Christopher Redman, Margot ) Hornblower European Economic Correspondent: Adam Zagorin Bonn: James O. Jackson Rome: Cathy Booth Eastern Europe: Kenneth W. Banta Moscow: John Kohan, Ann Blackman Jerusalem: Jon D. Hull Cairo: Dean Fischer, David S. Jackson Nairobi: James Wilde Johannesburg: Bruce W. Nelan New Delhi: Edward W. Desmond, Anita Pratap Beijing: Sandra Burton Southeast Asia: William Stewart Hong Kong: Jay Branegan Bangkok: Ross H. Munro Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Seiichi Kanise, Kumiko Makihara Ottawa: James L. Graff Central America: John Moody Mexico City: John Borrell Rio de Janeiro: Laura Lopez...