God's Bankers: A History of Money and Power at the Vatican

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by Gerald Posner


  anticommunism of, 169

  as archbishop of Milan, 160, 169–70

  autopsy policy of, 635n

  birth control policy of, 606n

  Cody and, 250–52, 256, 263–64

  death of, 253–54, 627n

  declining health of, 246–47

  Draganović and, 140, 148, 149

  election of, 174

  fear of postwar Russian invasion, 142

  Hudal and, 150

  Humanae Vitae encyclical of, 185, 259

  indecisiveness of, 174, 187, 249

  Jesuits and, 264

  knowledge of Holocaust, 90

  leftward shift of, 180–81

  Marcinkus and, 192–93, 197–201, 207, 219, 231, 249–50

  Moro kidnapping and, 248

  Nixon’s meeting with, 200

  Nogara and, 159–60

  Pauline Policy of, 187

  personality of, 174, 175

  physical ailments of, 246

  Populorum Progressio encyclical of, 181

  possible resignation of, 246–47, 249–50

  rumored homosexuality of, 173n

  Second Vatican Council and, 175, 180–81

  silence about ratline, 143–144.

  Sindona and, 169–70, 175, 185–86, 187, 196, 199, 290

  Spada and, 175

  Spellman and, 173–74

  U.S. visited by, 193

  Vatican bank budget cut by, 232

  Paulines, 280–83, 637n

  Pavelić, Ante, 91, 139, 140, 145–46, 390, 392, 562n, 563n, 578n, 589n, 590n

  Pius XII and, 87–89, 90, 98n

  Pazienza, Francesco, 313–17, 327n, 608n, 628n, 637n, 642n, 644n, 648n

  Calvi’s hiring of, 313, 320, 321, 353

  Marcinkus and, 297–98, 309, 313, 315

  Pecci, Vincenzo Gioacchino, see Leo XIII, Pope

  Pell, Cardinal George, 424, 510, 512

  Perón, Juan, 116, 120, 146, 150, 151, 222, 230, 565n

  Peru, 310, 319, 323, 331

  Pesenti, Carlo, 347, 350

  Petaci, Francesco Saverio, 141

  Petaci, Clara, 141

  at center of Pius XI murder conspiracy, 75n

  Petaci, Marcello, 141

  Peter, Saint, 274, 413, 416, 491, 538n

  archaeological dig for remains of, 94–95

  bones of, 95, 161

  Peterson, Michael, 404, 405

  Peter’s Pence, 21–22, 26, 27, 28, 35, 40, 42, 55, 111, 175, 233, 261, 354, 359, 360–61, 378, 500, 538n, 631n

  American Catholics’ contributions for, 47, 406, 417

  global recession’s effect on, 437

  Phayer, Michael, 125n, 566n, 568n

  Philadelphia, Pa., 280, 403

  Philadelphia Diocese, 637n

  corruption in, 280–82

  Vatican Bank’s reimbursement of, 282–83

  Pierre Hotel, New York, 223, 231, 241, 620n, 623n

  Pinochet, Augusto, 147, 372n

  Pioppo, Piero, 430, 454, 455, 504

  Piovano, Gianfranco, 378, 396

  Pius IV, Pope, 51

  Pius VI, Pope, 11

  Pius VIII, Pope, 635n

  Pius IX, Pope, 27, 30, 31, 49, 79, 152, 277, 278n, 536n, 539n, 540n, 598n

  Anti-modernism of, 19, 24–25, 29

  Anti-Semitism of, 14, 15, 18

  Antonelli and, 18–19

  capitalism distrusted by, 23

  Catholics banned from political participation by, 24–25

  Coen kidnapping and, 18

  death of, 25

  encyclical of, 19

  Italian nationalism and, 13–14, 18

  Mortara kidnapping and, 17–18, 537n–38n

  and nationalist capture of Rome, 20–21

  Peter’s Pence revived by, 21–22

  Quanta Cura encyclical of, 19

  Syllabus of Errors of, 19, 29, 31, 538n

  Vatican bequest of, 26

  Pius X, Pope, 55, 67–68, 537n, 546n, 576n

  Anti-modernism of, 33–35, 39, 542n

  ban on Catholic political participation lifted by, 36

  in break with Ernesto Pacelli, 37–38

  church-building programs by, 36

  Curia reform attempted by, 33, 541n

  death of, 39

  election of, 32

  foreign relations of, 35

  humility of, 32–33

  Lamentabili Sane encyclical of, 34

  populist touch of, 33

  Pius XI, Pope, 58, 64, 66–76, 80, 82, 84, 110, 114, 141, 164, 547n, 552n, 557n, 558n, 560n, 571n, 576n, 687n

  anticommunism of, 60, 62, 551n, 556n

  anti-Semitism of, 67

  anti-Semitism condemned by, 73–74

  avoiding Hitler during Rome visit by, 73

  Casti Connubii encyclical of, 64

  decision to negotiate Lateran Pacts, 47–48

  death of, 75, 557n

  deteriorating health of, 74, 75

  disbanding Friends of Israel by, 67–68

  Divini Redemptoris encyclical of, 556n

  election of, 44

  Ethiopian invasion and, 69–70

  Humani Generis Unitas encyclical of, 74, 75–77, 82

  Imperial Papacy of, 53–54

  Mit brenndender Sorge encyclical of, 72, 555n

  Mussolini and, 45–46, 47–49, 73

  Nazi Germany and, 67, 72

  Nogara and, 50–51, 52, 56

  Non Abbiamo Bisogno encyclical of, 54–55

  Quadragesimo Anno encyclical of, 548n–49n, 556n

  temper of, 18, 20, 556n

  Vatican audit ordered by, 44, 46

  Vatican City building boom commenced by, 53–54

  Vatican museums expanded by, 54

  Pius XII, Pope, 29n, 48, 59, 60, 64–66, 71n, 74, 75n, 99, 112n, 114–15, 118, 119, 125, 129, 132, 135, 145, 148–54, 155–63, 166, 167, 169, 172, 173, 174, 175, 184, 185, 191, 273, 279, 308, 362, 378, 388, 394, 418, 424, 429, 496, 508, 540n, 547n, 552n–54n, 559n–68n, 570n–72n, 574n, 575n, 576n, 589n, 590n, 591n, 593n, 594N, 595n–97n, 605n, 630n, 638n, 641n, 678n

  anticommunism of, 79, 84, 85, 88, 107, 141, 142, 151, 153–54, 305, 551n

  anti-Semitism of, 84–85, 110, 536n, 555n

  background of, 79–80

  birth control and, 606n

  character of, 80, 81, 92

  clemency for Nazi criminals urged by, 144, 589n, 590n

  concerns about timidity of, 81, 92

  death of, 162

  demand for unconditional Nazi surrender opposed by, 107

  Divino Afflante Spiritu encyclical of, 570n

  Draganović and, 149

  efforts to spare Rome from Allied bombing by, 98–99, 104,

  election of, 78–79, 81

  foreign relations of, 84

  German sympathies of, 62, 72, 76–77, 78–79, 82, 88, 90, 108–9, 111

  gossip about personal life of, 81, 173, 558–559n

  Hitler and, 62–63, 82

  Holocaust and, 86–87, 90–94, 95, 96–98, 101–10, 141, 143, 165, 386

  Hudal and, 150

  invocation of Papal infallibility, 595n

  and Italian invasion of Ethiopia, 69–70

  micromanagement of, 81, 82, 84, 108, 114–115, 596n

  Munificentissimus Deus encyclical of, 595n

  Mystic Corporis Christi encyclical of, 570n

  and Nazi roundup of Rome’s Jews, 100–104

  Nogara and, 82–84, 549n

  Pascalina and, 80–81, 632n

  Pavelić and, 87–89, 90, 91, 98n

  poor health of, 79–80, 161–62, 596n

  protection of Catholics as first priority of, 109–10

  racism of, 106–7

  in refusal to apologize for wartime inaction, 144

  Sacra Virginitas encyclical of, 596n

  and search for St. Peter’s body, 94–95

  as silent about Church’s aid to Nazi fugitives, 143

  Soviets feared by, 142

  Spellman’s relationship w
ith, 81, 558n

  visions of, 162

  Taylor’s meeting with, 92, 93

  Pius XII, the Holocaust, and the Cold War (Phayer), 125n

  Pizzi, Antonio, 351–52, 358, 658n

  Poland, 90, 92, 112, 120, 124, 146, 148, 275, 277, 279, 282, 308, 310n, 333, 340, 342, 391, 397, 435, 560n, 561n, 568n, 645n, 646n

  anticommunism in, 305, 306, 307

  Catholic Church in, 86

  cardinals spreading blood libel in, 86, 561n

  division of, 278

  forced labor in, 341

  General Government of, 125

  Holocaust in, 91, 95, 96, 105, 125, 144

  Nazi invasion of, 85–86, 111

  Pro-democracy movement in, 371

  as Soviet satellite, 141, 278

  Pollard, John, 417, 544n, 548n, 554n, 616n

  Pontifical Biblical Institute, 35, 249

  Pontifical Commission of Assistance, 140, 143, 149–50, 592n

  Pontifical Institute of Oriental Studies, 149, 563n

  Pontificio Santa Maria dell’Anima, 103, 146

  Popular Democratic Front, 153, 594n

  Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, 305n, 313

  Porco, Daniel, 600n–601n

  Portland, Oreg., 407, 408

  Portugal, 35, 119, 125n, 136, 393

  Pravda, 304–5, 537n

  Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, 184, 185, 188, 213, 233, 360, 378, 382, 397, 431, 455n, 607n, 667n

  Preysing, Konrad von, 91, 97, 566n

  Price Waterhouse, 243, 378

  “Problem of Sexual Molestation by Roman Catholic Clergy, The” (Doyle, Mouton & Peterson), 404–5

  Proclaimed List of Certain Blocked Nationals (“blacklist”), 115–16, 119, 574n

  Profima, 112, 116, 550n

  Promontory Financial Group, 507, 509

  Propaganda Due (P2), 178–79, 200n, 212, 222, 230, 235, 241, 242, 243, 244, 272n, 287, 288, 292, 301–3, 312, 313, 318, 330, 333, 338, 339, 340, 345, 351, 362, 373, 377, 603n, 615n, 620n, 638n, 652n

  Protestants, Protestantism, 11, 23, 48, 75, 94, 148n, 247, 539n, 572n

  capitalism and, 23, 443

  Prussia, 20, 63

  Pucci, Enrico, 540n, 586n

  Radowal, 290, 613n, 616n, 624n

  ratlines, 145–46, 148, 150, 151, 384

  Ratti, Cardinal Achille, see Pius XI, Pope

  Ratzinger, Cardinal Joseph Aloisius, see Benedict XVI, Pope

  Rauff, Walter, 147

  Raw, Charles, 599n, 603n, 616n, 659n

  Reagan, Ronald, 310n, 334, 349, 646n

  John Paul II and, 279, 305, 306, 307, 308

  Red Brigades, 200n, 248, 279, 287, 292

  Reformation, 11, 35, 410

  Reggiane, 69–70

  Regia Azienda Monopolio Banane (Royal Banana Monopoly Business), 70–71

  Reichsbank, 119, 131, 132, 385, 582n, 671n

  Reichskonkordat, 65–67, 72, 80, 552n, 553n, 572n

  Nazi violation of, 72, 109

  Reme, Reinhard Karl Wilhelm, 132–35, 136, 585n–86n

  Render Unto Rome (Berry), 372n

  Repubblica, La, 321, 357, 480, 492, 634n

  Reuters, 385, 477, 507, 689n

  Ribbentrop, Joachim von, 86, 103

  Ricca, Battista Mario Salvatore, 504–5

  Rice, Condoleezza, 408–9

  Rich Church, Poor Church (Martin), 606n

  Riunione Adriatica di Sicurtà (RAS), 58, 122, 124, 126, 128, 129n, 158, 181, 579n, 658n

  Rizzo, Vincent, 209–10, 211, 212, 218

  Roberts, John, 336, 655n

  Romania, 116, 122, 127, 128

  Volpi and Nogara doing business in, 122, 125–126, 127

  Holocaust in, 125–26

  Soviet takeover of, 141

  Roman Rota, 395, 618n

  Rome, Italy, 7, 9, 11, 343, 349, 569n

  Allied liberation of, 107

  anti-Vatican rioting in, 14

  Italian nationalists capture of, 20–21

  Nazi deportation of Jews from, 101–4

  Nazi occupation of, 100–104

  Pius XII as Defensor Civitatis of, 107

  Rome, University of, 95n, 268

  Rommel, Erwin, 95–96

  Roncalli, Cardinal Angelo Giuseppe, see John XXIII, Pope

  Roosevelt, Franklin D., 71n, 92, 98, 99, 106, 113, 114, 115, 116n, 142, 559n, 573n

  Rosa, Enrico, 74, 76

  Rosone, Roberto, 196, 317, 321, 323, 324, 327–29, 331

  Roth, Arthur, 204–5, 225, 614n

  Rothschild family, 12, 15, 16, 17, 29, 37, 44, 130, 535n, 544n, 578n

  Antonelli’s sidelining of, 16

  Catholic resentment of, 12

  loans to Vatican by, 44

  as Vatican bankers, 12–13, 15

  Rotta, Angelo, 108

  effort to save Hungarian Jews by, 105

  Roywest Bank, 314, 344, 648n

  Ruini, Cardinal Camillo, 420, 423

  Rumor, Mariano, 221

  Russia, 35, 39, 41, 43, 60, 88, 90, 92, 96, 107, 110, 112n, 120, 141–42, 144–45, 305, 387, 391, 560n, 565n, 573n, 579n, 589n

  see also Soviet Union

  Russian Orthodox Church, 41, 43, 261, 632n

  Rychlak, Ronald, 563n, 567n

  Sabato, Il, 118n, 199n

  St. Christina’s Church, Chicago, 189, 608n

  St. Hedwig’s Cathedral, Berlin, 66–67, 75

  St. John Lateran Basilica, 248, 262

  St. Martha Hospice, 660n

  St. Peter’s Banker (DiFonzo), 603n

  St. Peter’s Basilica, 7, 10, 14, 18, 19–21, 33, 43, 46, 94–95, 100, 248, 277, 412, 418, 421, 434, 471, 490, 497–98, 534n, 567n, 586n, 597n, 634n

  St. Peter’s Square, 140, 163, 200, 262, 269–70, 304, 386, 427, 459, 498, 700n

  St. Raphael Society, 147–48

  Sala Bolognia, 270, 271

  Sala Nervi, 256n, 262

  Samuels, Shimon, 385–86

  Sandinista National Liberation Front, 288, 309, 353

  San Girolamo degli Illirici, College of, 139, 140, 145, 149, 592n

  San Lorenzo fuori le Mura Basilica, Rome, 99, 104

  San Marino, 113, 119

  San Raffaele Hospital, 455, 468

  San Serafino Foundation, 376

  Santucci, Carlo, 40, 45

  Sarić, Ivan, 89, 563n, 564n

  Sarto, Cardinal Giuseppe, see Pius X, Pope

  Scaletti, Lelio, 378, 379

  Scarano, Nunzio, 505–6, 507, 699n, 700n

  Scattolini, Virgilio, 540n, 586n, 605n

  Schellenberg, Walther, 133–34, 556n, 586n, 587n, 589n

  Scherer, Cardinal Odilo, 495, 509

  Schmitz, Ronaldo Hermann, 442, 476, 479, 490

  Schönborn, Cardinal Christoph von, 423, 434

  Schröder, Kurt von, 130, 584n

  Schwend, Friedrich, 138, 587n, 588n

  looted money to Vatican by, 138

  Scola, Cardinal Angelo, 418, 424, 455n, 495–96

  Scotland Yard, 1, 6

  SD (Sicherheitsdienst), 133, 585n, 586n

  Sebastiani, Cardinal Sergio, 416, 431

  Secchia, Pietro, 169–70, 599n

  Second Vatican Council, 166–67, 171–72, 175, 180–81, 187, 191–92, 247, 255, 274, 597n, 598n

  Secret Service, U.S., 200, 360n

  Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. (SEC), 205, 220, 225, 226–27, 229, 282, 607n

  Sindona and, 205, 225, 229

  Vatican Bank and, 208–9

  Senate, U.S., 340, 383

  Serbs, Serbia, 89, 140, 142, 563n, 568n

  Serrano, Manuel Soto, 442, 476

  Sex in the Confessional, 256

  Sextus IV, Pope, 9

  sexual abuse scandal, 372n, 398–411, 501, 673n–75n, 677n–78n, 697n, 698n

  Benedict XVI and, 433–34

  diocesan bankruptcies from, 407–408, 417, 677n

  efforts by United Nations rebuffed for, 427, 501

  financial ramifications of, 406–9, 4
16–17, 470

  litigation naming Pope over, 408–409

  John Paul II and, 434

  Seymour, Whitney North, Jr., 215, 618n

  SGI/Immobiliare (Società Generale Immobiliare), 157, 158, 160–61, 170, 179–80, 186, 187, 226, 227, 228, 229, 241, 263, 607n, 610n–11n

  Shaddick, Peter, 234–35

  Sicily, 13, 98, 99, 168, 171, 275, 298, 642n

  Siegenthaler, Pierre, 202, 327

  Siemens, 459, 486–87

  Signoracci, Arnaldo, 268, 271, 272n, 634n, 635n

  Signoracci, Ernesto, 268, 271, 272n, 634n, 635n

  Signoracci, Renato, 268n, 634n

  Simpson, Keith, 4, 532n

  Sindona, Michele, 173n, 175–88, 189, 194–95, 194–97, 200–202, 207, 209, 212, 217, 224–36, 237, 240, 241–45, 246, 249, 257–58, 260, 262–63, 272n, 283, 285, 288–95, 296–300, 301, 302, 309, 310, 315, 320, 321, 324, 331, 333, 340, 342, 352, 357, 360, 381, 440, 599n–607n, 610n–11n, 613n–16n, 620n–27n, 638n, 639n, 653n, 660n

  Ambrosoli’s investigation of, 290–91

  Ambrosoli’s murder and, 292, 299

  Argentine plans of, 222–23

  background of, 168–69

  and Banca Privata collapse, 333

  banks looted by, 290, 292

  Calvi and, 196–97, 201–2, 204–5, 206, 225, 235–36, 242, 244, 290, 291

  death of, 351, 352

  downfall of, 223–35

  faked kidnapping of, 292–95, 298, 641n, 642n, 643n

  financial empire of, 176–78, 204–6, 225, 228, 234

  as freemason, 339

  Gelli and, 179

  international flight of, 229–30

  Italian criminal indictment of, 229

  Italian trial of, 350–51

  Italy’s extradition request for, 231, 234–35, 240, 244–45, 257–58, 260, 262, 289, 300, 640n

  lecture tour of, 232–33

  Marcinkus and, 189, 194, 199, 222, 223, 225–26, 228, 231, 232, 233, 262–63, 289, 297, 299, 490

  mental health of, 294n

  parliamentary investigation into, 339

  Paul VI and, 169–70, 175, 185–86, 187, 196, 199, 290

  praise for his business acumen, 177–178

  purchases Franklin National, 204–205

  raising money for Church by 170, 224

  in return to U.S., 231

  rumors of Mafia association, 171, 600–601n

  SEC and, 205, 225, 229

  Spada and, 170–71

  suicide attempt of, 299

  tax avoidance strategies of, 183–84, 185–86

  U.S. arrest and trial of, 241, 289–90, 293, 295, 297–99, 640n, 641n, 643n

  U.S. bank holdings of, 204–5, 223, 224–25, 227–28, 229

  Vatican Bank and, 170, 171, 172, 177, 180, 196, 225, 227, 228, 231–32, 233–34, 258, 260, 290, 291, 301, 351, 440

  Sindona, Nino, 230–31, 299, 299–300, 622n, 643n

 

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