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Abbruciati, Danilo, 324

ABC News, 502, 600n

Abetz, Heinrich Otto, 585n

Abs, Hermann Josef, 332, 347, 339–41, 656n

Abwehr (German military intelligence), 133–36, 586n, 587n

Ace Pizza, 299–300, 643n

Acqua Santa, 199, 353, 358

Actes et Documents du Saint Siège relatifs à la Seconde Guerre Mondiale (ADSS), 553n, 566n, 568n

Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See (APSA), 183–84, 185, 187, 258, 263, 297, 364n, 371, 374–75, 416, 430, 431, 441, 452, 468, 473, 485, 489, 491, 505, 508–9, 510, 605n, 607n, 663n, 685n, 667n, 690n

Adrian VI, Pope, see Hadrian VI

Africa, 37, 68–69, 70–71, 96, 99, 131, 413, 418

Ağca, Mehmet Ali, 304–5, 356, 433, 645n, 648n, 684n

motive of, 305–06

Agenzia A, 242–43

Agnelli family, 58, 121, 293

Agostino Gemelli Hospital, 253, 266n, 304, 376, 634n

Albula, 126, 581n

Alessandrini, Emilio, 287, 639n

Alexander, King of Yugoslavia, 87, 590n

Alexander III, Pope, 630n

Alexander VI, Pope, 9

Allen, John L., Jr., 401, 421, 422, 442, 494–95, 537n, 634n, 674n

Allen, Richard, 307

Allianz (German), 120, 123, 127, 579n

Wiener Allianz (Austrian) 124

Allied powers, 41, 42, 43, 78, 87, 90, 93, 96, 100, 102, 105–9, 112–18, 119, 125, 126, 127, 128, 130–33, 135–37, 138, 141, 143, 144, 148, 149, 151, 152, 159n, 164, 383, 385, 527n, 560n, 564n, 566n, 569n, 574n, 577n, 584n, 586n, 589n, 593n, 594n, 603n, 656n, 670n

blacklist maintained by, 115–116, 119, 156–57.

Holocaust publicly condemned by, 96

Italy bombed by, 95, 98, 99, 106

Italy invaded by, 98

Normandy invasion of, 105

North African invasion of, 131

postwar gold commission of, 389–90.

pressure on Pope Pius XII to condemn Nazi crimes, 90–91, 92–93, 96–97, 99, 104, 105–06, 107

as silent on Holocaust, 109

Ambrosiano, see Banco Ambrosiano

Ambrosiano Overseas, 331, 333

Ambrosoli, Giorgio, 228, 242, 290–91, 299, 300n, 309, 351, 640n, 643n

murder of, 291–92, 299–300, 351

Sindona investigation of, 290–91

America, 73, 500, 553n, 557n

American Bishops’ Conference, see United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Americanism, 31

Condemned in Sacrorum Antistitum, 23n

Denounced in Graves de Communi, 541n

American Training Services (ATS), 284, 638n

Anatomy of the Vatican (Hoffman), 558n

Anderson, Carl, 442, 475–76, 479

Andorra, 113, 119, 444

Andreatta, Beniamino, 330–31

Andreotti, Giulio, 221, 241, 287, 303n, 366, 368, 377, 626n

Cardinal Francis Spellman foundation account and, 366–67, 440, 441

Angleton, James Jesus, 132–33, 135–37, 140, 147, 153, 585n–87n

agents in the Vatican and, 135

forged Vatican telegrams of, 135n

ANSA, 268n, 269, 293, 373, 477

Antico, Franco, 269–70, 272

antipopes, 10, 534n

anti-Semitism, 12, 23, 74, 84

of Catholic Church, 110, 341, 386, 393, 419, 537n

in Italy, 72, 73, 74–75, 84, 122

of Nazi Germany, 63–64, 66, 67, 72–73, 76–77, 84, 554n

of Pius IX, 14, 15, 18, 22–23

of Pius XI, 67

of Pius XII, 110, 536n, 555n

Pius XII’s tacit support for, 84–85

Pius XI’s condemnation of, 73–74, 76

see also Holocaust

Antonelli, Cardinal Giacomo, 16–22, 24, 26–27, 540n

Apostolic Palace, 99, 185, 217, 253, 268n, 269, 280, 465, 498, 602n, 660n

APSA, see Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See

Ardeatine Caves, 100, 567n, 605n

Argentina, xi–xii, 116, 120, 126, 145–46, 222–23, 274, 331, 380, 390, 424, 428, 497, 499, 500–501, 565n, 617n

Nazi fugitives in, xi, 139, 145–146. 149, 150, 592n

Nazi gold moved to, 139, 384, 392

World War II archives of, xii, 390

Arico, William, 299–300, 643n

Arinze, Cardinal Francis, 418, 423, 495

Aronwald, William, 210–11, 212–19, 617n, 618n

Arrow Cross, 84, 105, 108, 571n

Assicurazioni Generali, see Generali

ASSS, see Special Administration of the Holy See

Auschwitz concentration camp, xi, xii, 97, 98, 103–4, 105, 106, 108, 109, 131, 164, 340, 341, 342, 386, 390n, 563n, 564n, 571n

Auschwitz Protocols, 106, 164, 571n

Austria, 11, 13–14, 18, 22, 30, 32, 39, 41, 42, 43, 123, 125, 131, 139n, 146, 213, 384, 394, 540n, 560n

Austrian Liberation Committee, 146, 591n

Austro-Hungarian Empire, 41, 124, 134

Benedict XVI’s creation of, 451–52

Bertone and, 487

Brülhart as head of, 486, 487–90, 493, 503–4, 506, 507, 508, 509, 510, 512–13

Francis and, 508, 511

Moneyval reports on, 484–85, 487, 508–509

reforms of, 503–4, 511

Authority of Financial Information, see Financial Intelligence Authority

autopsies, 270–271, 632n, 635n

in Calvi murder investigation, 6–7

Axis powers, 79, 88, 90–91, 96, 113, 116, 117, 123, 127, 130, 136, 573n, 574n, 583n, 584n, 585n

Badoglio, Pietro, 99–100, 128

Bafisud (Banco Financiero Sudamericano), 238, 625n

Baggio, Cardinal Sebastiano, 251, 252, 257, 263

Bagnasco, Cardinal Angelo, 454, 495

Bahamas, 201–2, 204, 207, 228, 236, 238, 314, 344, 414, 613n

Balkans, 88, 134

Bambino Gesù Hospital, 335n, 486

Banca Cattolica del Veneto, 156, 206–8, 238, 258, 260, 309, 616n

Ambrosiano’s acquisition of, 206–7

Calvi’s purchase of, 290

Vatican and sale of, 290

Banca Commerciale Italiana (BCI), 50, 58, 83, 113, 122, 127, 158, 195, 547n, 560n, 577n, 578n

Nogara as director of, 52, 57, 59, 116, 121, 134

Banca del Gottardo, 239, 312–13, 315, 317, 319, 344, 352, 613n, 616n, 625n, 650n, 659n

Banca della Svizzera Italiana, 116, 127, 575n

Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (BNL), 244, 288, 625n, 700n

Banca Privata Finanziaria (BPF), 171, 177, 196, 223, 600n, 602n, 615n, 622n

Banca Privata Italiana, 224, 228, 290, 292, 333, 607n, 639n

Banca Unione, 223, 227, 229, 231, 300, 350, 602n, 615n, 639n

Banco Ambrosiano, 2, 5, 195–97, 201–3, 205, 218n, 222, 225, 235–37, 238, 239, 240, 242–44, 260, 297, 303, 346, 349, 353–54, 356, 358, 362, 365n, 366, 371, 379, 389, 415, 426, 446, 448n, 509, 599n, 613n, 615n, 625n, 638n, 639n, 647n, 648n, 650n, 651n, 654n, 657n, 668n, 681n

Banco di Roma, see Bank of Rome

back-to-back loans of, 203, 237, 239, 273, 288, 296, 320, 327, 613n, 624n, 625n.

Banca Cattolica acquired by, 206–7

Bank of Italy investigation of, 286, 323, 325–26, 327, 331

Bank of Italy’s control over, 328–29, 333

Calvi and, see Calvi, Roberto

collapse of, 5, 333, 339, 342–45, 348, 352, 363, 653n, 658n, 659n

debt of, 322, 323, 327, 348

indemnity letter for Vatican Bank of, 319–20, 321, 327–28

Italy’s investigation of, 286–88, 300, 309, 330, 333

loans made by, 316, 321

Pesenti’s stake in, 347, 350

Vatican Bank and, 203, 236, 286, 288, 296, 300, 309, 312–14, 317, 318, 319, 321–28, 330–31, 332, 336, 338, 339, 344, 345, 348, 357, 363

Banco Ambrosiano Holding (BAH), 201, 202, 239, 244, 309, 333, 613n, 642n

Banco Andino, 288, 319, 320, 322, 323, 331, 639n, 642n

Banco Comercial, 319, 320

Banco di Santo Spirito, 58, 238

Banco Santander, 442, 443, 476, 479, 481

Bank for International Settlements (BIS), 130–32, 583n–84n, 585n

gold reserve laundering by, 130–31

Bank of America, 176, 607n

Bank of England, 547n, 577n

Bank of Italy, 156, 224, 226, 228, 229, 238, 239, 242, 244, 288–91, 318, 332, 448, 449, 452, 488–89, 490, 503, 613n, 620n, 626n, 638n, 688n

Ambrosiano investigated by, 286, 323, 325–26, 327, 331

Ambrosiano taken over by, 328–29, 333

Marcinkus’s meeting with investigators from, 331

Vatican Bank and, 447–48

Vigilance Department of, 477

Bank of Rome, 58, 83, 114, 158, 226, 228, 229, 241, 322, 575n, 620n, 626n, 700n

1887 real estate crash and, 28, 29

financial crises of, 40, 45

Mussolini’s bailout of, 45–46

Vatican’s investment in, 28, 36–37, 40, 45, 53

Bank Suisse Italienne of Lugano, 119, 577n, 670n

Banque de Financement, 171, 231, 600n

Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas (Paribas), 176, 375, 607n

Barbie, Klaus, 151

Barbieri, Alberto, 213–14

Barg, Alfred, 209–10, 211, 214, 218n

Barone, Mario, 226, 228, 241, 620n, 626n

Barr, Joseph, 226, 229

Bastogi, 122, 212, 223, 578n, 620n

BBC, 304, 509, 591n

Belgium, 40, 92, 112, 131, 656n

Benedict XIV, Pope, 540n, 578n

Vix Pervenit encyclical of, 11, 535n

Benedict XV, Pope, 16n, 34, 39–44, 51, 79, 424, 543n, 544n, 554n, 557n, 558n

death of, 43–44

financial difficulties of, 40–41, 43

World War I and, 41–43

Benedict XVI, Pope, 108, 355, 372n, 402n, 406, 408n, 437, 438–39, 441, 442, 447, 448, 450–53, 454–57, 458–60, 461–65, 469, 470, 471, 474–75, 477, 478–80, 482, 485–86, 490, 491–93, 494–95, 497, 498, 500, 501, 503, 509, 510, 511, 665n, 678n, 681n, 682n, 683n, 684n, 687n, 689n, 697n

AIF created by, 451–52

anti-Islamic, remarks of perceived as, 432–33

anti-money-laundering law enacted by, 451, 510

Bertone and, 454, 455, 456, 460, 461, 469, 480

Caloia and, 430–31, 441

capitalism distrusted by, 439

Caritas in Veritate encyclical of, 439, 442

Curial reform ignored by, 428–29, 431

doctrinal orthodoxy of, 417–18, 419–20

election of, 417–21, 423–25

as former Hitler Youth, 421–22

Gabriele pardoned by, 486

isolation of, 477

loyalty demanded by, 429

motu proprio of, 451, 452, 454, 455, 456

as out-of-touch with modern world, 428, 498

as poor administrator, 426–27, 431, 461, 470, 482

as Pope Emeritus, 493

public relations failures of, 432–36, 469

remoteness of, 432

resignation of, 491–93, 494

sexual abuse scandal and, 433–34

as theology professor, 422

Vatican Bank and, 511

Vatileaks scandal and, 470

Viganò and, 458–59

on white finance, 438–39

in World War II, 422–23

Benelli, Cardinal Giovanni, 193, 208, 211, 215, 216, 249, 251, 256–57, 258, 259–61, 274–77, 280, 612n

in conflict with Marcinkus, 193, 248–249.

Bergoglio, Cardinal Jorge Mario, see Francis, Pope

Berlusconi, Silvio, 302, 375, 455, 495, 506, 651n, 662n

Bernardin, Joseph, 251–52, 332, 342

Berry, Jason, 372n, 398–99, 408n, 410, 678n

exposé of clerical sexual abuse crisis by, 398–399

Berti, Alberto Jaime, 375–76

Bertone, Cardinal Tarcisio, 379, 418, 433, 458, 468, 470, 471, 473, 474, 476, 477, 479, 482, 483, 493, 509, 511, 683n, 689n

AIF and, 487

Benedict XVI and, 454, 455, 456, 460, 469, 480

coup attempt against, 461–62, 465–66, 468; see also Vatileaks scandal

Francis’s replacement of, 507

Gotti Tedeschi and, 455

opponents of, 454, 455n, 456

public relations missteps of, 435

Vatican Bank reform attempted by, 442

as Vatican secretary of state, 429, 430, 435, 441–42, 454, 455, 461, 470

Viganò exiled by, 458, 460

Biamonte, Tom, 215, 217, 618n

Bigelow, Emerson, 139, 384–85, 588n

Bisignani, Luigi, 373, 376

Blackfriars Bridge, London, 1–5, 329, 331, 336, 415, 509, 652n

Black Nobles, 27, 28, 32, 36, 37, 40, 41, 52, 59, 79, 83, 156, 159, 166, 183n, 202, 206, 261, 365, 540n, 589n

Blet, Pierre, 553n, 572n

Blount, Edward, 17, 537n

Bodio, Giovanni, 363, 374, 664n

Boffo, Dino, 474, 693n

Bokun, Branko, 89–90, 563n

Bologna, Italy, 220, 314n, 537n

Bolshevik Revolution, 43, 110

Boniface VI, Pope, 633n

Boniface VIII, Pope, 55, 657n

Boniface IX, Pope, 9

Bordoni, Carlo, 205, 226, 229, 233, 245, 615n, 643n

and Sindona’s arrest and trial, 289, 293, 298

Borelli, Francesco Saverio, 372–73

Borgia family, xiii, 9, 115

Bormann, Martin, 65n, 390n, 560n

“Bormann File, The” (Posner), xii, 390n

Boston, Mass., 400, 404, 407, 674n

Boyle, Paul, 280–82

Brazil, 92, 116, 147, 433

Brennan, Joseph, 332, 346

Brezhnev, Leonid, 262, 306, 646n

Briamonte, Michele, 482, 507

British Foreign Office, 71, 72, 87, 89, 92, 145, 149, 590n

Trading with the Enemy Branch (TEB) of, 115, 126

Brown, Dan, 418, 483

Brülhart, René, 511, 696n, 699n

as AIF head, 486, 487–90, 493, 503–4, 506, 507, 508, 509, 510, 512–13

background of, 486–87

credit card crisis and, 488–90

Buenos Aires, Argentina, xi, 146, 150, 222, 230, 288, 392, 494, 495, 497

Bulgaria, 116, 127, 128, 141, 305, 314n, 645n

Burzio, Giuseppe, 86, 97, 106, 562n, 571n

Bush, George H. W., 310n, 390n

Bush, George W., 408

Business Week, 178, 232

Buzzonetti, Renato, 261, 266, 271, 272, 634n

Caggiano, Antonio, 150, 617n

Calcagno, Cardinal Domenico, 491, 509

Caloia, Angelo, 363, 377, 396–98, 406, 413, 414, 437–38, 443, 476, 663n, 666n, 667n, 669n, 685n

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

as traditionalist, 497, 500, 501

Twitter account of, 498, 500

Vatican Bank reform and, 403, 504, 505, 508, 509–13

Francis, Saint, 270, 496

Franco, Antonio, 572n

Franco, Francisco, 135, 555n

Franco, Hilary, 2, 652n–53n

Frankel, Martin, 395–96, 415

Frankel, Marvin, 293, 294, 297, 298

Franklin National Bank, 204–6, 224–27, 229, 232, 233, 234–35, 240, 241, 245, 290, 298, 300, 614n, 615n, 622n, 640n, 643n

collapse of, 289

falsified bank records at, 289

financial problems of, 204–5

SEC investigation of, 226–27

Franssu, Jean-Baptiste de, 701n

as Vatican Bank president, 511–12

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 334, 336–37, 392, 394, 588n

Freemasons, Freemasonry, 2, 7, 16, 28, 35, 74, 178–79, 302–3, 333, 339, 540n, 642n, 644n

Italy’s outlawing of, 48

papal condemnation of, 178

secret lodges of, 2, 7, 83, 178, 222, 603n, 620n

see also Propaganda Due (P2)

French Revolution (1789), 11, 12

Freyberg, Ernst von, 493, 504, 506, 507, 508, 511, 700n

Friends of Israel, 67–68

Fummi, Giovanni, 57–58, 71, 112, 159

Gabriele, Paolo, 465–67, 478–79

arrest of, 478

background of, 465–466

Benedict XVI’s pardoning of, 486

as source of Vatileaks documents, 468, 469, 470, 474, 478–79, 485

trial of, 485–86

Gaddafi, Muammar, 221, 313, 350n

Gaeta, 14, 20

Galeazzi, Enrico, 104, 158, 179

Galeazzi-Lisi, Riccardo, 95, 161, 594n, 597n

Galli, Giancarlo, 373, 398, 606n, 685n

Gambino, Agostino, 342, 357

Gambino, John, 294–95

Gambino crime family, 294, 295

Gannett News Service, 280, 637n

Gänswein, Georg, 430, 433, 466, 467, 474, 475, 478, 480, 491, 492n, 498, 687n

Gantin, Cardinal Bernardin, 274, 658n

Garner, Graham, 296, 642n

Gasparri, Cardinal Pietro, 35, 42, 44, 45, 544n, 559n

Gauthe, Gilbert, 398, 399, 404, 675n

“gay lobby,” 462–65, 491–92

Gelli, Licio, 212, 222, 230, 234, 235, 241–44, 272n, 291, 313, 314n, 377, 603n, 620n, 639n, 642n, 644n, 646n, 652n, 659n

Ambrosiano collapse and, 345n

Calvi and, 287, 301, 302, 303, 321

indictment against, 362

P2 Masonic lodge headed by, 178

prison escape of, 345

search warrant for Villa of, 301–2

Sindona and, 179

Swiss arrest of, 338, 345

Gemelli Hospital, see Agostino Gemelli Hospital

Generali, 58, 120, 129, 158, 159n, 171, 181, 532n, 578n, 580n

Holocaust victims paid by, 394n

as profiting from Holocaust, 127–28

subsidiaries of, 126

U.S. blacklisting of, 124–25

Vatican’s stake in, 122, 124, 125

Volpi as head of, 122–25

Gerini, Alessandro, 379, 668n

Germany, Imperial, 40, 41–42

Germany, Nazi, see Nazi Germany, Nazis

Germany, Weimar, 29n, 43, 51, 53, 572n

Germany, West, 144–47, 155, 159n, 209, 211, 227, 432, 472

Gerstein, Kurt, 91, 92

Gestapo, 78, 124, 130, 131, 564n

Giani, Domenico, 468, 470, 475, 478

Ginder, Richard, 177, 602n

Giordano, Michele, 382–83

Gisevius, Hans Bernd, 131–32

Giuliano, Boris, 291, 292

global recession, 437–38

God Does Not Exist (Mussolini), 44

Goldman Sachs, 508, 512

Göring, Hermann, 63, 72, 129

Gotti Tedeschi, Ettore, 457, 468, 487, 507n, 511, 686n, 687n

alleged mental instability of, 475, 482–83

Banco Santander and, 442, 443

Bertone and, 455

Caloia compared with, 443

character of, 443

dismissal of, 475–77, 479, 484, 490

money laundering investigation into, 448

as Opus Dei member, 443

search warrants executed on, 481–82

secret dossier of, 474–75, 480

statements to Italian prosecutors by, 481–82

transparency advocated by, 443, 450

as Vatican Bank head, 442, 443, 445, 446, 448, 449–50, 455, 456, 472–73, 474–75

Gowen, William, 139–40, 145, 150

Grand Hotel, Rome, 176, 204

Gran Italia, 313–14

Great Britain, 1–7, 11, 35, 41, 55. 56. 57, 68, 69, 70, 75, 78, 79, 85, 91, 92, 95, 98–99, 106, 107, 111, 113, 115–16, 119, 124, 125n, 126, 127, 130, 135, 136, 138, 139, 143, 145, 149, 151, 193, 388, 391, 540n, 553n, 554n, 560n, 569n, 573n, 577n, 583n, 589n

Great Depression, 53–61, 225, 549n

Greece, 122, 124, 164, 615n

Greeley, Andrew, 250, 272n, 273, 276

Gregorian University, 189, 259, 403

Gregory III, Pope, 496, 631n

Gregory X, Pope, 541n

Gregory XVI, Pope, 12, 13, 79

Greiser, Arthur, 144, 590n

Griesa, Thomas, 294, 297, 298, 299

Groër, Cardinal Hans Hermann, 372n, 434

Grösz, Jósef, 84, 571n

Groupement Financier Luxembourgeois (Grolux S.A.), 57, 59, 112, 115, 550n, 573n, 575n

Guardia di Finanza, 287, 300, 468

Guardian, 357, 424, 440, 456, 574n–75n

Guerri, Cardinal Sergio, 297, 642n

Gugel, Angelo, 304, 466–67

Guilfoyle, Bishop George, 280–82

Guzzi, Rodolfo, 242, 243n, 293, 295, 626n

Gypsies, 125, 146, 387

charge that Vatican was repository of looted gold of, 387

Hadrian VI, Pope, 114, 255, 277

Hague, The, 30, 427, 697n

Haig, Alexander, 306, 623n

Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, 68, 70

Hambros Bank, 177, 223n, 607n, 615n, 620n

Hammer, Richard, 335, 337, 617n, 618n

Harvey, James, 428, 466–67

Hebblethwaite, Peter, 172, 255n

Heir, Marvin, 339, 340, 341, 384, 385

Herranz Casado, Cardinal Julián, 402, 470

Herzl, Theodor, 67–68

Himmler, Heinrich, 135, 570n

Hiroshima, Japan, 252, 335

Hitler, Adolf, xii, 10, 34n, 49, 65–67, 72, 73, 79, 85–86, 88, 91, 92, 93, 99, 100, 102, 103, 107, 112, 119, 123, 132, 133, 135, 149, 164, 390n, 422, 435, 552n, 555n, 556n, 557n, 559n, 560n, 564n, 565n, 572n, 656n

anti-Catholic sentiment, 62

Final Solution and, 76, 90, 109, 570n

Pius XII and, 62–63, 78, 82

secular ideology of, 62

Sudetenland claims of, 71

Vatican’s endorsement of, 65

Hitler Youth, 421–22

Hlond, August, 86, 561n

Hnilica, Pavel, 370–71, 666n

Hoffman, Paul, 161n, 183, 558n, 598n, 610n

Höffner, Joseph, 321, 606n, 658n

Holocaust, xii, 76–77, 145, 164, 308, 395, 434, 435, 482, 496, 560n, 572n, 582n

Allies’ condemnation of, 95, 97

Allies’ silence about, 109

in Croatia, 88–90

Final Solution in, 90–92, 109

in Hungary, 105, 106, 107–8

insurance companies’ profits from, 127–28

John XXIII and, 164–65

Pius XII and, 86–87, 90–94, 95, 96–98, 101–10, 143, 165, 386

in Poland, 91, 96, 105, 125, 144

restitution claims and, 383–94, 398, 423, 426, 482

in Romania, 125–26

in Slovakia, 84–85

U.N. condemnation of, 96

Holt Rinehart, 335, 337

Holy See, see Vatican

Holy Year Jubilee, 343, 348, 657n

Holy Years, 55, 343, 549n, 657n

Hornblow, Michael, 307, 331, 334–35, 413, 665n

Horne, J. Paul, 607n, 614n

Horthy, Miklós, 107–8, 571n

Hudal, Alois, 102–3, 146–48, 150, 151, 155, 566n, 570n, 591n, 594n

Hume, Cardinal Basil, 257, 277

Hummes, Cardinal Claudio, 418, 423, 496

Hungary, 43, 84, 86, 128, 132n, 164, 306, 308, 423, 568n, 571n

Holocaust in, 105, 106, 107–8

Soviet takeover of, 141

Huntley, Anthony, 1, 531n

IBM, 180, 213

I. G. Farben, 131, 340

Imperial Papacy, 53–54, 166, 498

Independent Commission of Experts, 390–91, 392, 584n

Index of Prohibited Books, 11, 34

indulgences, 534n, 657n

as source of Vatican income, 9–11, 14–15

condemned by Martin Luther, 10–11

Industrial Reconstruction Institute (IRI), 58–59, 176n

Infallible? An Inquiry (Küng), 247

In God’s Name (Yallop), 272n–73n, 349, 635n, 639n

Innocent X, Pope, 536n

Inquisition, 98n, 552n

Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR), see Vatican Bank

Institutional Investor, 188, 233, 607n, 614n

insurance companies:

as profiting from Holocaust, 127–28

in World War II, 122–29

use of reinsurance to launder profits, 126–127

Inter-Allied Commission, 51, 53, 134

Intermax, 240, 343

International Commission on Holocaust-Era Insurance Claims (ICHEIC), 392, 394n

International Eucharistic Conference, 555n

International Herald Tribune, 230, 598n

International Red Cross, 89, 589n

Interpol, 209–10, 293, 364, 600n

Interracial Justice as a Principle of Order (LaFarge), 73

IOR, see Vatican Bank

Ireland, 35, 400

Iron Curtain, 151, 152, 279, 334

Islam, 37, 69, 304, 432, 433, 437, 539n, 684n

Israel, 104n, 249, 253, 391, 393, 648n

Italcementi, 157, 158, 159, 180, 604n, 658n

Italgas, 59, 158, 161, 180

Italian East Africa, 70–71, 99

Italian-Ethiopian Wars, 69, 182

Italian nationalists:

Austria and, 13–14

France and, 14

Pius IX and, 13–14, 18

Rome captured by, 20–21

Italian People’s Party, 44, 46, 49

Italmobiliare, 158–59, 347, 350, 658n

Italy:

Allied bombing of, 95, 99, 106

Allied invasion of, 98

Ambrosiano liquidation forced by, 344

Anti-Semitism in, 72, 73, 74–75, 84, 122

Arab oil boycotts and, 221

communism in, 142, 152–53, 169, 220, 241

construction industry in, 179–80

currency control laws in, 287, 312

deportation of Jews from, 104–5

“Economic Miracle” in, 170

election of 1948 in, 152–53, 155, 166

election of 1962 in, 172

Ethiopia invaded by, 68–69, 110, 554n

Finance Ministry of, 460

financial crisis in, 457

financial probes in, 340

Freemasonry outlawed in, 48

Foreign Ministry of, 347

global financial recession and, 437

Great Depression in, 54, 58

Health Ministry of, 369

Justice Ministry of, 352, 377

kidnappings in, 220–21, 248

Lateran Pacts and, 48–49, 349

Left-wing movements in, 200, 220, 248–49

Libya invaded by, 37

Mafia-related violence in, 221, 292

money laundering law (2007) of, 448

Nazi occupation of, 99–100, 128–29

Neo-fascists in, 220

Papal States annexed by, 18–19, 21, 47

Parliament of, 330, 546n, 600n, 641n

political and social instability in, 156, 220–21, 235, 248

Senate of, 441, 575n

Sindona extradited to, 350, 351

Sindona’s extradition requested by, 231, 234–35, 240, 244–45, 257–58, 260, 262, 289, 300, 640n

socialists in, 36

Supreme Court of, 241, 651n

terrorism in, 167, 200n, 248–49, 253, 279, 287, 292

Treasury Ministry of, 59, 182, 330, 331–32, 443, 653n

unification of, 17

Vatican Bank investigated by, 286, 344–45, 374–77

Vatican Bank investments in, 157–58, 160, 176, 179–80, 181–82

Vatican immunity to laws of, 357–58

Vatican investments of, 58–59, 70, 122, 125, 126, 127, 128, 185–86

Vatican relations with, 28, 29, 36, 41, 47, 68, 100, 114, 182, 342, 345–47, 348–49, 352–53, 354–55, 356–58, 377, 379, 382, 444n, 447–49

in World War I, 41, 43

Izzi, Domingo, 379–80

Jacobs, Peter, 395, 396, 415

Japan, 90, 189, 221, 359n, 566n, 576n

Jaruzelski, Wojciech, 308, 646n

Jasenovac concentration camp, 89, 387

Jauch and Hübener, 126, 133, 585n, 586n

Jerusalem, 68, 104n, 192, 249, 419

Jesuits, 73–76, 264, 365n, 424, 495, 497, 537n, 552n, 607n

Jewish Agency for Palestine, 92, 93, 106

Jews, Judaism, 12, 14, 15–18, 65n, 66, 67–68, 72, 76–77, 79, 84–93, 97, 99, 100, 107–10, 122–23, 125–29, 135, 144–48, 164–65, 180n, 278n, 340, 341, 342, 423, 433, 435, 535n–36n, 542n, 548n, 552n–55n, 556n, 561n, 563n–68n, 570n–72n, 579n, 585n, 589n, 591n, 594n

capitalism linked to, 23

Catholics’ aid to, 104n, 105

coerced conversion of, 66, 278n, 537n, 538n, 553n

Croatian massacres of, 89–90

deportation from Italy of, 101–5

expelled from Papal States, 51, 537n

Nazi attacks on, 63–64, 67, 74, 75, 76–77, 278n, 552n; see also Holocaust

Nazi seizure of property of, 340, 383–93

John XXIII, antipope, 163

John XXIII, Pope, 106, 170, 173, 258, 259, 262, 272n, 408, 420, 571n, 592n, 597n, 598n, 599n, 604n, 606n, 609n, 630n, 631n, 634n

background of, 164

birth control and, 606n

communism as seen by, 166

death of, 172

election of, 163

Holocaust and, 164–65

Marcinkus and, 191

popular enthusiasm for, 174–75

Second Vatican Council called by, 166–67, 171, 191–92

television and, 165

John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 409, 678n

John Paul I, Pope, 206, 207–8, 258–74, 280, 311, 349, 630n–31n, 634n, 682n

background of, 259

death of, 265–72, 282, 283, 349, 632n, 633n, 635n, 645n

election of, 258

embalming of, 268, 271–72

Marcinkus and, 262–63

John Paul II, Pope, 5, 144, 195, 275–77, 286, 295–96, 301, 305–10, 312, 314n, 321, 324–27, 331, 332, 338, 353, 362, 363, 365n, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372n, 379, 381, 382, 384–87, 394, 396, 400, 403, 405–6, 409, 410–11, 412, 415, 416–22, 424, 429, 430, 431n, 432, 433, 434, 441, 466, 474, 495, 497, 500, 502, 629n, 631n, 634n, 641n, 645n, 650n, 657n, 658n, 666n, 673n, 679n

Abs and, 339–41

anticommunism of, 279, 283, 305–6

anti-Semitism denounced by, 341, 393

assassination attempt on, 304–5, 312, 356–57

background of, 278–79, 636n

Caloia and, 366, 397

Calvi’s letter to, 5, 326

Castillo Lara and, 371

character of, 279

CIA and, 307, 308

Croatia visited by, 390

Curial reforms of, 347–48, 359, 360

death of, 415

doctrinal orthodoxy of, 419

election of, 273–77

forced labor of, 341

Holy Year declared by, 343

Jews supported by, 278n

letter to Brezhnev written by, 306

Marcinkus and, 280, 282–84, 286, 308, 309, 321, 334, 335, 342, 354, 355, 360, 366

naked photo of, 302, 644n

Opus Dei and, 365n

Pauline monks and, 282–83

poor health of, 412–13, 680n

Reagan and, 279, 305, 306, 307, 308

secular politics and, 279

sexual abuse scandal and, 400–401, 403, 405–6, 408–9, 410–11, 434

Sodano and, 375, 378

Vatican Bank and, 510–11

Johnson, Lyndon, 193, 610n

J. P. Morgan, 116n, 117, 448, 472, 479, 481, 554n, 573n

see also Morgan Bank

JPMorgan Chase, 177n, 472

Justice Department, U.S., 240, 241, 284–85, 335, 336, 349, 351

counterfeit securities investigation of, 209–19, 220

Kaas, Ludwig, 94–95, 566n, 567n

Kappler, Herbert, 100, 102, 129, 570n

Katz, Robert, 567n, 605n

Kennan, George, 561n, 593n

Kennedy, David, 205–6, 289, 615n, 639n

Kennedy, John F., 170n, 172, 200n

Kertzer, David, 535n, 537n

KGB, 262, 283, 304, 305, 308

Kirchensteuer, 65, 111, 111n–12n, 359

Knights of Columbus, 43, 381, 442

Knights of Malta, 362–63, 376, 429, 644n, 649n

König, Cardinal Franz, 255, 257, 270–71, 275, 276, 306n

Koran, 34n, 539n

Kraków, Poland, 278–79, 280

Kristallnacht, 75, 579n

Krol, Cardinal John, 282–83, 306, 321, 360, 637n

Kroll Security Group, 6, 533n

Krupp, Bertha, 53

Küng, Hans, 247, 264, 419

Ladbrokes, 257, 258, 273, 495, 630n

LaFarge, John, 73–74, 76

Laghi, Cardinal Pio, 306–7, 396, 405, 645n

Lai, Benny, 360, 554n, 662n, 673n

Lajolo, Cardinal Giovanni, 427, 460

Lambertini, Loreta, 27, 540n

Lamont, Tom, 58, 116n

Lang, Joseph, 673n–74n

Langrand-Dumonceau, André, 16, 23

Lateran Pacts (1929), 48–49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 75, 79, 83, 112, 114, 121, 149, 152, 155, 182, 183, 184, 349, 352, 353, 450, 547n, 559n, 575n, 592n

Latin America, 288, 309–10, 494, 497, 574n, 598n

Lausanne Immobilier, 57, 112, 126

Law, Cardinal Bernard, 400, 421n, 674n, 681n

Law of Papal Guarantees (1871), 24

Lead Us Not into Temptation (Berry), 399–400

League of Nations, 69, 70, 79, 554n

Ledl, Leopold, 210–14, 217, 218

Ledochowski, Wladimir, 74, 556n

Legion of Christ, 372n, 410, 433

Lehman Brothers, 437, 623n

Leiber, Robert, 93–94, 135, 150, 559n

Lena, Giulio, 370–71

Leo IV, Pope, 20

Leo X, Pope, 10, 11

Leo XI, Pope, 633n

Leo XII, Pope, 541n

Leo XIII, Pope, 26, 29, 576n, 638n

Anti-modernism of, 31, 33

Bank of Rome investment by, 28

capitalism distrusted by, 30

Catholics banned from political participation by, 30, 31

death of, 31, 32

interest-bearing loan issued by, 27

real estate investments of, 28

Rerum Novarum encyclical of, 30

return of Papal States sought by, 30

social agenda of, 31

Syllabus reaffirmed by, 31

Leone, Giovanni, 221

Levy, Jonathan, 391–92, 394, 449n, 672n

liberation theology, 264, 497

Libya, 51, 221

Italian invasion of, 37

Liechtenstein, 57, 113, 119, 171, 236, 414, 486–87, 638n

Loftus, John, 132

Lombardi, Federico, 432, 433, 448–49, 452, 467–68, 469, 470, 483, 486, 490, 492–93, 497, 511, 684n

London, England, 1–7, 47, 257, 329, 336, 338, 531n, 532n, 556n

conference on Holocaust stolen assets in, 386–88, 392

Lorenzi, Diego, 265–66, 269, 271, 273n, 630n, 632n, 634n

Louisiana, 398–99, 673n, 675n

Louisville, Ky., 408–9

Lovelok, 613n, 616n

Luciani, Cardinal Albino, see John Paul I, Pope

Lumen Christi, 379–80

Lustrissimi, Sebastiano, 315, 316

Luther, Martin, 11, 534n

Luxembourg, 57, 112, 236, 370, 414, 572n

Lynch, William, 215, 216–17

Lyttelton, Oliver, 90–91

Macchi, Pasquale, 174, 186, 198, 248–50, 252–54, 256, 369, 601n, 604n, 606n, 610n, 628n, 630n

McCormick, Vincent, 96–97

Maciel Degollado, Marcial, 410, 433–34, 678n

Mackenzie Limitada, 585n–86n

Madame Prosecutor (Del Ponte), 427n

Mafia, 171, 221, 275, 290, 291, 294, 301, 337, 345n, 351, 358, 363, 427, 469, 475, 480, 505, 600n, 601n, 613n, 660n, 666n

counterfeit securities ring of, 209–19

Marcinkus and, 377

priests as members of, 600n

Magee, John, 253, 263, 265–66, 267, 268, 269–70, 273n, 633n

Magister, Sandro, 461, 470

Maglione, Cardinal Luigi, 85, 93, 97, 98n, 99, 101, 102, 103, 105, 107, 108n, 116, 164, 561n, 562n, 567n, 568n, 569n, 592n, 595n

Maillardoz, Henri de, 52, 57, 156–57, 160, 166, 167, 171, 176, 177, 179–80, 232, 300, 363, 550n, 605n, 664n