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'''Pope John Paul I''' (born '''Alberto Luciani''') (October 17, 1912 – September 28, 1978) succeeded [[Pope Paul VI]] and preceded [[Pope John Paul II]].

'''Pope John Paul I''' (born '''Alberto Luciani''') (October 17, 1912 – September 28, 1978) succeeded [[Pope Paul VI]] and preceded [[Pope John Paul II]].

He took his name by combining the name of his two immediate predecessors, Paul VI and [[Pope John XXIII]]. The last Italian-born Pope, he was the Vicar of Christ for only 30 days before dying of a heart attack in his sleep, though [[conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]] continue to allege that he was [[assassination|assassinated]]. One of the foremost people making these claims is an author named [[David Yallop]], who wrote a book called ''In God's Name'' claiming that John Paul had been murdered because he was planning to lift the Roman Catholic Church's ban on contraceptives and this offended the church's conservative leadership. He also claimed that the Pope had been about to put an end to a financial scandal involving the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church called the Vatican Bank scandal, in which the Mafia stole money from the Vatican Bank to finance right-wing anti-communist political activity in Italy and South America. The plans were allegedly supported by many clerical leaders in the Church, including Archbishop Paul Marcinkus, as a bulwark against communism. This alleged plot was dramatised in the third Godfather film. There was also a group in Italy called the P-2 Masonic Lodge led by an ultra-right wing Roman Catholic politician named Licio Gelli who had served in the Italian military under Mussolini that was supported by the Vatican as a bulwark against communism that was involved in this scandal. 

He took his name by combining the name of his two immediate predecessors, Paul VI and [[Pope John XXIII]]. The last Italian-born Pope to date, he was the [[Vicar]] of Christ (the title given to the Pope) for only 30 days before dying of a heart attack in his sleep, though [[conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]] continue to allege that he was [[assassination|assassinated]].

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