Keys of This Blood: Pope John Paul II Versus Russia and the West for Control of the New World Order

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 736 pages
• Published by: Simon & Schuster September 15, 1991
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0671747231
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0671747237
• Book Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.8 inches
• Weighs: 1.8 pounds

From Publishers Weekly
In Martin's apocalyptic scenario, Pope John Paul II is a geopolitican whose aim is a new world order, the Grand Design of God on earth, a global government rooted in a recognition of universal interdependence. The other chief players in the "millennium end-game" are "hardcore Leninist" Gorbachev, bent on world domination, and the West's rulers, said to be eager to maintain the status quo as they condone "sinful structures" such as Third World exploitation. Martin ( The Jesuits ) contends that the Pope has allowed the Church to split into politicized factions and willfully ignores "rampant decadence and unfaith" among churchmen. He spins a dramatic tale in this long, unpersuasive saga, which purports to be a behind-the-scenes probe of the Vatican's role in the collapse of the Iron Curtain. Author tour.
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From Library Journal
A former Jesuit, Martin, also author of the best-selling The Final Enclave ( LJ 5/15/78) and The Jesuits ( LJ 4/1/86), contends that Pope John Paul II, Mikhail Gorbachev, and international business leaders are in competition to establish one world government and that this competition will end by the end of this century. The book claims to be an inside account of what the Pope is doing to win this geopolitical struggle and how he played an instrumental role in the collapse of the Iron Curtain. Martin's previous works, all highly critical of Vatican politics, have provoked discussion and disagreement, and this book should be no different. Written with all the intrigue of a spy novel, this is an interesting and controversial commentary. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 5/15/90..
- John Broderick, Stonehill Coll., North Easton, Mass.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Reader Reviews
Malachi Martin's work is a veritable "tour de force." With authority (he was one of the world's foremost Vatican Scholars), skill and erudtion he meticulously traces the geopolitical ambitions of Rome from beginning, i.e. Christ's alleged comments to Peter that upon him the church would be built, to end where the Vatican winds up in charge of the One World Government. Martin posits that anyone who was under the age of seventy at the time this book was written would be alive to see the day when the nation-state, as we know it, would cease to exist. What will be most surprising to most readers is how intimately involved the Papacy is in world politics, all for the purpose of establishing the Catholic Church as the One World Government. (See Revelation 13, 17). Whether or not Pope John Paul II turns out to be the eventual ruler of the One World Order is irrelevant. Dr. Martin's book goes into exhaustive detail how this Pope, more than any of his predecessors in this century, has worked feverishly to keep the Vatican on the world stage as a major player. Karol Woytila has had a clear-eyed view of what the church's role should be in world affairs dating back to the time when he was a priest during the Second World War working undercover for the US Government. He learned well at the feet of the master in this regard; Stephen Cardinal Wysinzski took the young cleric under his wing during the formative years of his priesthood, and the account of his tutelage of Woytila is spellbinding. Readers will be fascinated to learn just how much the Vatican was behind the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe, and just how closely the US and Vatican work on foreign policy issues. This book could very well be subtitled "Prophecy Made Clear by Modern Events." John Paul II is the "Servant of the Grand Design;" papal hegemonist ambitions are in plain view. A blockbuster!! .... Comment | | (Report this)