Bible studies may reveal Godfather's secrets

Italian police codebreakers are turning to the Bible in their efforts to get at the many secrets of the mafia's "boss of bosses".

Bernardo Provenzano was arrested this month after 43 years on the run. When an undercover policewoman known as "the Cat" walked into his rural hideout on April 11 she found him surrounded by encoded messages to and from his lieutenants.

Piero Grasso, Italy's chief anti-mafia prosecutor, said they offer investigators a mine of information on the inner workings of the world's most notorious crime syndicate. But the meaning of some remains obscure, and there is a suspicion Cosa Nostra's leader used the Good Book as a key.