The Vatican Exposed: Money, Murder, and the Mafia
Autor Paul L. Williamsen Limba Engleză Hardback – 30 apr 2003
The turnaround began on February 11, 1929, with the signing of the Lateran Treaty between the Vatican and fascist leader Benito Mussolini. Through this deal Mussolini gained the support of the staunchly Catholic Italian populace, who at the time followed the lead of the Church. In return, the Church received, among other benefits, a payment of $90 million, sovereign status for the Vatican, tax-free property rights, and guaranteed salaries for all priests throughout the country from the Italian government. With the stroke of a pen the pope had solved the Vatican's budgetary woes practically overnight, yet he also put a great religious institution in league with some of the darkest forces of the 20th century.
Based on his years of experience as a consultant for the FBI, Williams produces explosive and never-before published evidence of the Church's morally questionable financial dealings with sinister organizations over seven decades through today. He examines the means by which the Vatican accrued enormous wealth during the Great Depression by investing in Mussolini's government, the connection between Nazi gold and the Vatican Bank, the vast range of Church holdings in the postwar boom period, Paul VI's appointment of Mafia chieftain Michele Sindona as the Vatican banker, a billion-dollar counterfeit stock fraud uncovered by Interpol and the FBI, the "Ambrosiano Affair" called "the greatest financial scandal of the 20th Century" by the New York Times, the mysterious death of John Paul I, profits from an international drug ring operating out of Gdansk, Poland, and revelations about current dealings.
For both Catholics and non-Catholics this troubling expose of corruption in one of the most revered religious institutions in the world will serve as an urgent call for reform.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781591020653
ISBN-10: 1591020654
Pagini: 264
Ilustrații: illus
Dimensiuni: 161 x 235 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Prometheus Books
ISBN-10: 1591020654
Pagini: 264
Ilustrații: illus
Dimensiuni: 161 x 235 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Prometheus Books
Notă biografică
Paul L. Williams is a journalist and the author of The Day of Islam, Osama’s Revenge, The Al Qaeda Connection, and The Vatican Exposed, among other books. The winner of three first-place Keystone Press Awards for journalism, he has written articles for such news outlets as Newsmax, World Net Daily, Family Security Matters, and the National Review. He has also served as a consultant for the FBI, editor and publisher of the Metro (Scranton, PA), and adjunct professor of humanities at the University of Scranton.
Descriere
With scrupulous attention to detail, Williams produces explosive and never-before-published evidence of the Church's morally questionable dealings with the Mafia and other sinister organizations over seven decades. Illustrations.