[…] The Treasure Maps of Rennes, Stanley James (Seven Lights, US, £9.95) concentrate on the ‘buried treasure ‘ theory concerning Abbe Sauniere who was paid millions by the Vatican after he unearthed some ancient coded scrolls in his church which may have led him to Visigoth gold. Both books add little in the way of […]
[…] Democrats (some of which was provided by the CIA), and similar sums for the Mafia – in the main, profits from the heroin trade. As expected, the Vatican, the SID (Italian secret police), generals, judges and politicians also feature in this book (including some interesting Nixon connections). Another very interesting claim that Di Fonzo […]
[…] reporter’, either. Papa! Kevin Koogan e-mailed me about the new Pope, Ratzinger, quoting the New York Times to the effect that Ratzinger had been brought to the Vatican Council at the age of 35 by Cardinal Joseph Frings of Cologne. In Koogan’s book Dreamer of the Day (NY: Autonomedia, 1999), which was reviewed in […]
[…] 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 […]
