[…] Special Branch. Thomas also referred to ‘high level’ sources in Washington when he told McCarthy that Gerrit was a member of the CIA, and, hinting that the Vatican was involved, mentioned that the present Pope was “the most political of all Popes”. Magill doesn’t make it clear whether Thomas actually got his grubby paws […]
[…] the French counter-intelligence chief had received advance warning of an attempt on the Pope’s life by East European agents and had sent two ‘senior officers’ to the Vatican to carry the message. The head of French CI at the time is quoted as saying that the warning wasn’t taken seriously. None of this is […]
[…] Iraq.’ 3. I shall return to the role of NED later, but would mention now the important material on it and the CIA in relation to the Vatican and the Cold War by Carl Bernstein in Time magazine 24 February 1992. 4. It will be remembered, in passing, that MacShane was the name chosen […]
[…] hadn’t heard from the firm about its decision on New Unhappy Lords. 25 Joseph Serpico, a devout Catholic and former Marine, headed OMNI, which published books denouncing Vatican II (such as The Plot Against the Church) and tracts such as a pamphlet denouncing British Israel. Chesterton raised funds in England to finance OMNI’s edition […]
[…] the Soviet aggressiveness and ideology”. It was later admitted that Heim had been in correspondence with Edward Leigh, and that Francis Holihan had sent him and other Vatican envoys around the world material on Mgr Bruce Kent. (Guardian 3rd May 1983) The action backfired though, as Cardinal Hume disliked the ‘smear’ tactics and was […]
[…] neo-cons. The world-wide Anglican Church, which was strongly against the Iraq war, has long portrayed itself as a global friend of other religions. The similarly anti-Iraq war Vatican – its loathing for the US neo-cons being legendary – is: a) supporting France and Germany’s bid to build an EU defence force outside of NATO; […]
[…] mutual acquaintance. Smith asked him in his role as General Counsel to the United States Jesuit Headquarters, if he could get access to the section of the Vatican library in Rome that would contain information about UFOs. Sheehan asked and the request was denied; and turned down again even when he explained to them […]
[…] faith to be a private matter. Additionally, it may have endangered other indigenous faiths in some target countries, including large numbers of Christians, whom the otherwise ridiculous Vatican has striven to protect. The nakedly self-interested and vulgar manner in which the US and British administrations belatedly reached out to Muslims, is accelerating problems in […]
[…] The Population Bomb (1970) saying there were too many people in the world, advocating a tax on children and the UN breaking off diplomatic relations with the Vatican because of its teachings on birth control. Extracts from this had – apparently – been serialised in the UK edition of Playboy, where they came to […]
[…] Brussels speaks and thinks at political level in English. This has enabled Roman Catholic countries of Eastern Europe seeking entry to find other patrons. These include the Vatican which, anxious about Jewish/Muslim polarisation in the Middle East, is also trying to develop its influence in Islamic countries on the Mediterranean Sea, including their possible […]
