There is a CIA/Vatican connection and start of the modern deep state involved here, it is not catholic research.
A CIA lucky break? How the death of the 'Smiling Pope' helped Washington win the Cold War
https://www.rt.com/op-ed/439831-john-paul-smiling-pope/
1978: The year today’s world was made
https://www.rt.com/op-ed/420718-1978-iran-us-pope-brzezinski/