Shroud of Secrecy: The Story of Corruption Within the Vatican [Paperback]

The Millenari (Author), Luigi Marinello (Author), Ian Martin (Translator)

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Publication Date: April 1, 2000

The Story of Corruption Within the Vatican

Shroud of Secrecy offers an insider's account of intrigue, sex, and corruption within the Vatican. It is the first treatise of written protest from within the Church since 1517, when Martin Luther posted his historic 95 theses on a church door in Wittenberg, Germany. Written by a small group of Vatican prelates who call themselves the Millenari, its publication breaks a code of silence that has allowed impropriety and hypocrisy within the Roman Catholic Church to flourish.

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About the Author

The Millenari are a group of Vatican prelates who wish to remain anonymous due to their fear of repercussions from this book's publication. The only author to come forward is 72-year-old retired Vatican prelate Monsignor Luigi Marinelli. Marinelli worked for many years in the Vatican department of the Congregation of Eastern Churches. He was recruited to the writing team by an unnamed Vatican official who had heard Marinelli criticize the inner workings of the Vatican. Marinelli is now under investigation by the Sacra Romana Rota-the court of the Vatican State. He has been honored with France's Freedom of the Church award.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Key Porter Books (April 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1552631427
• ISBN-13: 978-1552631423
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,329,492 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Ecclesiastical Politics, Power Ploys, Sexuality Gay and Otherwise, in the Devious and Deviant Roman Catholic Vatican, July 13, 2008

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Gerald Parker "Gerald Parker" (Rouyn-Noranda, QC., Dominion of Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shroud of Secrecy: The Story of Corruption Within the Vatican (Paperback)

This book, an effort of what the French edition (Le Vatican mis au nu) identified alternatively as the Groupe Les Millenaires, of Luigi Marinelli is quite fascinating. If ever you have wondered about all those power ploys of Romish Catholic church politicking in the highest of high places (the Vatican, of course), Babylonish sexual doings of the Vatican pink (gay) mafia, and so forth, here is the book for you, translated, one hopes, with English better than the at times challengingly difficult and unclear French prose of another translation, from the Italian original. The book is entertaining and revealing. While daring, it does not breach the bounds of good taste and makes for a lively read.

2.0 out of 5 stars Very disjointed book., July 27, 2010

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Riley D. Allen (Washington State) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shroud of Secrecy: The Story of Corruption Within the Vatican (Paperback)

I found the material in the book very troubling and informative but I felt that the impact was diminished by the multiple authors and the obvious lack of a single editor to give an overall shape and tone to the book.

5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Vatican lies, August 6, 2005

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brent howell (ny) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shroud of Secrecy: The Story of Corruption Within the Vatican (Paperback)

This book effectively discloses the lack of integrity in the Church.. Well writen and presented. Yet, it leaves one with the feeling that one has only exposed the tip of the iceberg. For other books that expose Vatican lies on a much broader scale try "Murder in the Vatican" by Lucien Gregoire and "In God's Name" by David Yallop.