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

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by Gerald Posner


  background of, 365

  Benedict XVI and, 430–31, 441

  car accident of, 376

  Casaroli and, 361, 362

  Castillo Lara and, 375, 381

  De Bonis effort to undermine and, 368

  Enimont scandal and, 373

  Gotti Tedeschi compared with, 443

  and Italy’s investigation into Vatican Bank, 374

  John Paul II and, 366, 397

  Nicora and, 441

  power and influence lacked by, 367–68, 440, 441

  reform of Vatican Bank and, 366, 376, 381–82, 396, 398, 413, 438, 440

  resignation of, 441–42

  Sodano and, 371–72, 373, 381

  transparency preached by, 366, 375, 379

  as Vatican Bank chairman, 362, 365–75, 378–80, 381, 383, 392, 396–98, 413, 414, 430–31, 438, 441

  white finance advocated by, 437, 441

  Calvi, Anna, 3, 313, 324, 326

  Calvi, Carlo, 312–16, 317, 321, 322, 329, 333, 531n, 648n, 653n

  Marcinkus and, 315, 316

  Calvi, Clara, 3, 5, 202, 313, 318, 324, 339n, 616n, 620n, 640n, 653n

  Calvi, Roberto, 8, 195–97, 205, 208, 212, 218n, 222, 225, 226, 235, 238, 246, 258, 260, 272n, 285, 286–91, 292, 295, 296, 300, 301, 310, 312–29, 332, 340, 343, 345, 351, 352, 353, 357, 358, 364, 365n, 370, 379, 381, 415, 427, 440, 469, 490, 509, 611n, 613n–16n, 615n, 620n, 622n, 624n, 625n, 626n–27n, 639n, 640n, 644n, 646n, 647n, 650n, 651n, 653n, 654n, 659n, 681n

  as Ambrosiano head, 2, 5, 288–89, 318, 328, 331

  Ambrosiano joined by, 196, 201–2

  Ambrosiano shares sold by, 314

  Argentine plans of, 222

  arrest of, 312, 313, 328

  and attempted murder of Rosone, 324

  background of, 195

  Banca Cattolica purchased by, 206–7, 290

  Carboni and, 321

  Centrale and, 288, 312, 317

  criminal investigation of, 286–88, 289, 300, 312

  death of, 1–7, 329, 330, 332, 336, 338, 344, 371, 531n–33n, 652n, 653n

  in flight to London, 326–27, 329, 338

  as freemason, 2, 7, 339

  Gelli and, 287, 301, 302, 303, 321

  indemnity letter given to Marcinkus by, 319–20, 321, 327–28

  letter to John Paul II from, 5, 326

  Marcinkus and, 202–3, 207, 236, 237, 239–40, 244, 288, 292, 296, 309, 319–26, 358

  Marcinkus’s letters of patronage given to, 319, 321, 323, 324, 327, 328, 330, 331, 339, 344, 348, 490

  missing attaché case of, 4, 239, 324, 370–371

  Opus Dei and, 325

  P2 and, 222, 318

  paranoia of, 235

  parliamentary investigation into, 330, 339

  Pazienza hired by, 313, 320, 321, 353

  share prices manipulated by, 287

  shell companies and offshore banks of, 201–3, 204, 207, 236, 238–40, 242, 243, 286, 288, 312, 319, 320, 328, 333, 338–39, 344, 345, 352

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

  suicide attempt of, 4, 317

  trial of, 317–18

  U.S. bank holdings of, 205

  Vatican and, 303, 326

  Vatican Bank’s partnerships with, 226, 236–37, 238–40, 242, 243–44, 312, 343, 440

  Calvi Affair, The (Gurwin), 600n

  Calvi family, 4, 5, 6, 7, 317, 326, 329, 330, 532n

  Calvi murder investigation, 1–7, 415, 531n–33n, 652n, 653n

  Canali, Cardinal Nicola, 155–56, 171–72

  Canaris, Wilhelm, 135

  Canesi, Carlo Alessandro, 196, 317

  Canon Law, 48, 178, 252–53, 558n

  capitalism, 698n

  Catholic Church’s distrust of, 23, 30, 437, 439

  Protestants and, 23, 443

  Capone, Al, 189, 608n

  Caprio, Giuseppe, 297, 360, 673n

  Carboni, Flavio, 3, 4, 7, 309, 321, 324–27, 338, 370–71, 415, 532n, 650n–51n, 666n

  Cardinal Francis Spellman Foundation, 366–68, 371, 373, 396, 440, 441, 664n

  Carter, Jimmy, 240–41, 313, 417, 625n

  Casaroli, Cardinal Agostino, 251, 297–98, 306n, 307, 313, 322, 332, 345, 357, 363, 366, 372, 604n, 628n, 651n, 663n

  Caloia and, 361, 362

  Marcinkus and, 327, 331

  in negotiations with Italy, 346–47

  Vatican’s finances overseen by, 327

  Casa Santa Marta, 498, 505, 660n

  Casey, William, 306–7, 308, 310

  Castel Gandolfo, 73, 200, 246, 253, 454, 455, 559n, 597n

  Castillo Lara, Cardinal Rosalio José, 371, 374–75, 377, 380, 381, 666n, 667n

  Catholic Action, 55, 79, 152–53, 166, 195–96, 595n

  Catholic Center Party, 42, 66, 67

  Catholic Church:

  Anti-Semitism of, 110, 386, 393, 537n

  birth control policies of, 606n

  book-banning by, 11, 34

  capitalism distrusted by, 23, 30, 437, 439

  doctrinal upheaval in, 247–48, 598n

  funding of pensions in, 661n

  interest-bearing loans condemned by, 11–12, 22–23

  money as theme in history of, xiii

  Nazi fugitives aided by, xi–xii, 384, 385

  in Nazi Germany, 64, 65–66, 73–74

  Papal bills paid by, 360n

  sexual abuse in, see sexual abuse scandal

  see also Vatican

  Catholic Church, American, 71n, 152, 198, 282, 360n, 398, 405, 407, 408n

  Conference of Catholic Bishops of, 43, 403, 409, 463

  corruption in, 280–82

  financial contribution to Vatican by, 194

  Peter’s Pence contributions from, 47, 406, 417

  sexual abuse scandal in, 398–411, 417, 470, 673n–75n, 677n–78n, 697n

  Vatican loan requests to, 40–41, 43, 46–47, 55, 544n

  see also specific dioceses

  Catholic Church, German, 144

  Catholic News Service, 432, 572n

  Catholics:

  Anti-Semitism of, 12, 23

  Jews aided by, 104n, 105

  modernist, 19, 24, 29, 31, 33–35, 39, 542

  Catholic University of Milan, 402, 443

  Cavallo, Luigi, 242–43

  Cayman Islands, 228, 414

  Celestine V, Pope, 627n

  Centrale Finanziaria, La, 204, 206, 239, 328, 611n, 615n, 646n

  Calvi and, 288, 312, 317

  Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 119, 135n, 137, 166, 170n, 172–73, 179n, 204, 273n, 305, 381, 392, 394, 587n, 588n, 591n, 594n, 602n

  covert aid to Vatican of, 151–52, 153, 308–09

  John Paul II and, 307, 308

  National Foreign Assessment Center of, 279

  ratlines and, 151

  Central Powers, 40–42

  Ceramica Pozzi, 161, 596n

  Chamberlain, Neville, 75, 556n

  Chase Manhattan Bank, 180, 232, 322, 648n

  Chase National Bank, 177n, 583n

  Cheli, Giovanni, 315, 316, 648n

  Chelsea Cloisters, 3, 531n, 532n

  Chicago, Ill., 189, 407, 608n

  Chicago Diocese, 283n, 332, 364n, 544n, 608n

  Chiminello, Antonio, 374, 667n

  Chiomenti, Pasquale, 345–46

  Christian Democratic Party, 153, 155, 157, 166, 170, 172, 175, 183n, 224, 229, 287, 301, 314, 335, 345, 366, 367, 598n

  Chrysler, 210, 322

  Churchill, Winston, 90, 142, 151, 279, 569n

  Cicero, Ill., 189, 284, 608n

  Cicognani, Cardinal Amleto, 106, 182, 184, 185

  Ciga, 176, 323

  Ciocci, Pietro, 374, 667n

  Cipriani, Paolo, 448, 475, 479, 482, 483, 490, 504, 506, 507, 700n

  Money-laundering investigation into, 448, 506–7

  Vatican Bank resignation of, 506

  Circolo della Caccia, 199

  Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S., 409n, 426, 445

/>   Cisalpine Overseas Bank (Nassau), 201–3, 204, 207, 210, 235n, 236, 238, 239–40, 243, 288, 296, 309, 319, 322, 327, 344, 613n, 615n, 616n, 624n, 625n, 642n, 647n

  IOR share in, 201, 615n, 642n

  Marcinkus as director of, 202, 238, 296, 320, 327, 642n, 646–647n, 650n

  Citibank, 177n, 615n

  Civiletti, Benjamin, 284–85, 638n

  Civiltà Cattolica, La (Catholic Civilization), 16, 18, 23, 74, 403, 499, 663n

  role in spreading blood libel, 554n

  Civiltà Cristiana (Christian Civilization), 269, 270, 272

  Claridge’s Hotel, London, 208, 296n, 531n

  Clark, William, 306, 307

  Clay, Lucius, 144, 583n

  Clement VII, Pope, 596n

  Clement VIII, Pope, 537n

  Cleveland Diocese, 673n–74n

  Clinton, Bill, 384n, 389, 390, 408n

  CNN, 421, 494, 502, 512

  Cody, Cardinal John, 194, 198, 250–51, 252, 256, 258, 263, 272n, 275, 276, 280, 283n, 331, 606n, 611n, 629n

  Paul VI’s investigation of, 250–52, 256, 263–64

  Coffey, Joe, 209–11, 213–15, 617n, 618n

  Colagiovanni, Emilio, 395, 396, 415

  Colby, William, 153, 587n, 651n

  Cold War, 132, 141, 155, 159n, 163, 172, 174, 248, 417

  College of Cardinals, 80, 213, 256, 262, 277, 338, 417, 418, 429, 494, 599n, 604n, 657n

  Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, 386, 388

  Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism, see Moneyval

  Compendium, see Banco Ambrosiano Holding (BAH)

  Conciliazione, 48–49

  Conclave of Cardinals, 25, 44, 162–63, 174, 247, 249, 254n, 255–59, 269, 270, 272–76, 282, 418–19, 421, 423–24, 456, 493, 494, 495, 541n, 543n, 596n, 602n, 627n, 628n, 629n–30n, 681n

  Confalonieri, Cardinal Carlo, 262, 270

  Conference of Catholic Bishops, U.S., 43, 403, 409, 463

  Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 355, 406, 411, 417, 429, 433, 456, 678n

  Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (Propaganda Fide), 148, 184, 463, 683n

  Connors, Canice, 403–4

  Constantinople, Turkey, 50–51, 121, 134, 550n, 580n, 586n

  Constitution, U.S., 408, 646n

  Continental Illinois National Bank, 177, 206, 615n

  Cooke, Cardinal Terence, 215, 275, 321

  Cooney, John, 558n–59n

  Coopers & Lybrand, 243, 296, 309, 314, 323, 325, 642n

  Coppola, Francis Ford, 363, 622n

  Cornwell, John, 64, 108, 199n, 235n, 240, 250, 266n, 272n, 273n, 289, 541n, 599n, 634n, 635n, 639n, 653n

  Corriere della Sera, 227, 260, 271, 331, 353, 379, 475, 622n

  Corrocher, Graziella Teresa, 326, 329

  Corte Suprema di Cassazione, 356, 358

  Costa Rica, 222, 353

  Counter Intelligence Corps, U.S. (CIC), 136, 139, 140, 145, 147, 150, 588n, 592n

  Craxi, Bettino, 375, 376

  Credito Artigiano S.p.A., 448, 449, 457

  Credito Italiano, 58, 158

  Credit Suisse, 52, 112, 156, 160, 177n, 179, 309, 512, 550n, 615n

  Vatican cash exchanged for gold ingots from, 309

  Crimi, Joseph Miceli, 298, 301

  Croatia, 91, 92, 122, 124, 128, 139–40, 142, 144–46, 148–49, 150, 153n, 384–86, 387, 388–89, 390, 391, 427, 449n, 562n, 563n, 566n, 568n, 578n, 583n, 590n, 672n

  Catholic Church in, 89–90, 105

  gold looted from, 139–40, 384, 386, 391, 672n

  Holocaust in, 88–90, 98, 105

  John Paul II’s visit to, 390

  role of Catholic clergy in, 89

  Vatican and, 87–90, 387, 389, 391, 427

  Crusades, 9, 21, 48, 88

  Cuccia, Enrico, 234, 291

  Curia:

  anticommunism in, 181

  finances of, 52–53, 359

  formation of, 534n

  “gay lobby” in, 462–65, 491–92

  as Italian dominated, 283, 348, 604n

  John Paul II reforms for, 347–48, 359, 360

  Pius X and, 33, 35

  Pius XI and, 54

  spread of gossip and rumors within, 191, 311, 376, 628n, 634n

  Cusani, Sergio, 376–77

  Czechoslovakia, 71, 84, 112, 131, 184, 306, 560n

  Nazi invasion of, 82

  Soviet takeover of, 141

  Dachau concentration camp, 75, 423, 592n

  Daily Beast, 464n, 510

  Daily Telegraph, 427, 431

  Dardozzi, Renato, 342, 361–62, 366, 367, 378, 379, 439, 467, 664n, 667n, 668n, 686n

  da Ros, Giuseppe, 266, 267, 633n

  Davies, Arthur Gordon, 5–6

  Da Vinci Code, The (Brown), 418, 483

  Death in Rome (Katz), 605n

  de Benedetti, Carlo, 321–23, 328, 651n

  De Bonis, Donato, 240n, 348, 357–58, 366–69, 373, 375–76, 378, 381, 396, 429, 439–41, 442n, 490, 657n, 664n, 667n

  Castillo Lara and, 371

  death of, 441

  dubious accounts held by, 368

  investigation into, 343, 357

  as link between commission of cardinals and Vatican Bank, 360, 361

  Spellman foundation account and, 366–67, 371, 373

  undermining Caloia by, 368

  Vatican Bank influence of, 367–68, 371, 372, 375, 439, 440

  Delfino, Francesco, 531n, 532n

  Dell, Robert, 546n–47n

  Della Chiesa, Cardinal Giacomo, see Benedict XV, Pope

  de Lorenzo, Matteo, 211, 218

  De Pasquale, Francesco, 452, 486

  de Strobel, Pellegrino, 187, 194, 197, 198, 228, 232, 240n, 296, 312, 317, 319, 320, 327, 328, 331, 333, 343, 344, 347, 352, 355, 356, 363, 366, 615n, 650n

  arrest warrant issued for, 351–352

  Deutsche Bank, 332, 339, 340, 362, 442, 476, 490, 512

  Deutsche Bank Italia, 488–89

  de Weck, Philippe, 332, 347, 362–63, 378, 663n, 668n

  as vice president of Vatican Bank lay board, 363, 378

  DiFonzo, Luigi, 300n, 603n, 643n

  di Jorio, Cardinal Alberto, 118, 155, 158, 163, 167, 171, 172, 197, 198, 199, 343, 368–69, 560n

  Dolan, Cardinal Timothy, 495, 496

  Doubleday, 358n, 399

  Doyle, Thomas, 404–5, 675n

  Draganović, Krunoslav, 140, 145, 146, 148–49, 150, 151, 153n, 155, 163, 564n, 589n, 591n, 592n

  admission to receipt of looted gold, 140

  oversight of Croatian Ratline, 145–146

  Dulles, Allen, 131–32, 138, 147, 151, 153, 583n, 585n

  Dulles, John Foster, 132, 151, 558n, 584n

  Dziwisz, Cardinal Stanislaw, 304, 306n, 368, 370, 397, 466

  Eastern Europe, Soviet hegemony in, 141, 157

  Eckstein, Alejandro von, xi–xii

  Eden, Anthony, 98–99, 590n

  Egan, Cardinal Edward, 191, 404

  Egmont Group, 487, 506

  Egypt, 36, 221, 279

  Eichmann, Adolf, 147–48

  Einsatzgruppen, 91–92, 144

  Eisele, Hans, 144

  Eisenberger, Irving, 209, 616n

  Eizenstat, Stuart, 387, 389, 390

  Eizenstat Report (1997), 384n

  El Salvador, 264, 310

  Emigrant Savings Bank, 332, 346

  Enimont scandal, 372–73, 377, 379, 380, 381, 448n, 450

  Ense, Winfried, 210–14, 218n

  Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi (ENI), 244, 288, 372, 373, 595n

  Eritrea, 69, 70

  Espresso, L’, 173n, 177, 183, 232, 242, 287, 321, 329, 470, 504–5, 531n

  Ethiopia, 70, 71

  Italy’s invasion of, 68–69, 110, 554n

  Europe:

  postwar unemployment in, 155

  refugees in, 142–43, 155

  European Economic Community, 170, 489

  European Union, 443–45, 447–48, 449, 450,
451, 456–58, 467, 468, 473, 477, 481, 483, 485, 487, 489, 490, 508, 644n, 684n, 688n

  Fasco, 171, 176, 205, 602n, 607n, 614n, 615n, 639n

  Fatto Quotidiano, Il, 468, 469

  Faulhaber, Cardinal Michael von, 64, 67, 144, 552n, 559n

  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 108n, 115, 118–19, 211, 212, 214, 215–17, 260, 292–95, 314n, 395, 408n, 574n, 643n

  Ambrosoli murder investigation of, 299–300

  Marcinkus’s interview with, 284–85, 335, 336

  Marcinkus anger over disclosure of memo from, 285

  Sindona’s disappearance investigated by, 293, 295, 298

  Vatican Bank investigation of, 284–85

  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), 226, 229, 614n

  Federal Reserve, U.S., 113, 224, 225, 226, 383, 614n

  Felici, Cardinal Pericle, 257, 260–61, 271, 272, 274–77, 280, 635n

  Ferruzzi Group, 373, 376

  Fiat, 58, 171, 293, 376

  Fiduciary Investment Services A.G., 209, 616n

  Filipović-Majstorović, Miroslav, 89

  Finabank, 223, 228, 602n, 613n, 622n

  Final Conclave, The (Martin), 257, 627n

  Financial Action Task Force (FATF), 380, 450, 458, 467

  Financial Intelligence Authority (AIF), 473, 476, 511, 689n, 701n

  Financial Times, 416, 448–49, 488, 503

  Finmeccanica, 158, 159, 481

  Fisher, Ivan, 351n, 601n, 623n

  Fisherman’s Ring, 254n, 427

  Flying Squad, Palermo, 291, 292

  Foligni, Mario, 211, 214, 217, 218

  Follieri, Raffaello, 408n

  Fondiaria, 125, 128

  Fontana, Mario, 252, 253–54

  Fornasari, Mario, 217, 618n

  Fortune, 178, 223, 354, 362, 451–52, 661n, 698n

  Foundations of National Socialism (Hudal), 102–3

  France, 11, 14, 18, 20, 22, 28, 30, 32, 35, 39, 40, 41, 42–43, 57, 68, 69, 78, 79, 84, 85, 87, 98, 104n, 111, 112, 113, 151, 164, 247, 384, 387, 391, 394, 437, 540n, 554n, 560n, 561n, 571n, 585n, 589n

  Francis, Pope, xiii, 7, 95n, 419, 423–24, 464, 571n, 660n, 667n, 697n, 698n, 701n

  AIF board replaced by, 511–12

  AIF strengthened by, 508

  background of, 497

  Bertone replaced by, 507, 509

  changing statements on doctrine by, 498–99, 500–501

  charge of complicity in Argentine human rights abuses, 496–97

  charisma of, 500

  Curial reform of, 503, 508

  election of, 494–96

  as Jesuit, 495, 497

  declining of Papal apartment, 497–498

  modern technology mastered by, 498

  money laundering condemned by, 508

  personality of, 497

  popular appeal of, 498, 499–500, 501–2, 503

  public relations mastery of, 497–99

  as social justice advocate, 497, 501

 

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