... THE VATICAN CONSPIRACY by Jonathan Cross 2 J.Cross/Artemis ... ... THE VATICAN CONSPIRACY A Novel by Jonathan Cross 3 J.Cross/Artemis ... ... is on the warpath again. I heard him shouting up and down the halls that the American Bishops were trying to rewrite Church Doctrine again.” Ignor... ...edo momentarily, but then he quickly reminded himself that this was the first American Pope in history, and more importantly the first one of Jewish... ...Not only because he had been newly appointed, but primarily because he was an American Cardinal, and the mood in the Vatican was to return the Papac... ...y the military. I'll be back with more reports as they are confirmed. This is Jonathan Albee reporting live from Hong Kong." "It's begun," Brand s... ...ate. He was born a Muslim in the holy city of Ur, the birthplace of Abraham. Jews, Muslims, and Christians had worshipped peacefully in their own m... ...ing, had hired him to discover more caches of oil. His only quarrel with the Jews was that they had bombed an Iraqi power plant. 274 J.Cross/Arte... ... done so. His family was safe, and he had no personal animosities against any Jews. Growing up, he played with many of them as friends. And then t...

...hin, angular body before it; his white cassock cascaded across the red, soft cushion. He gently entwined the ebony rosary beads between his fingers, crossed himself in the supplicant tradition, and kissed the crucifix as he closed his eyes and began to recite out-loud the Five Holy Mysteries of the Rosary. His nightly reverie, before bed, calmed him and connected his ...