Malachy O’Morgair, Saint, 94n

Malagodi, Giovanni, 116, 575n

Manic, 236, 244, 313, 624n, 647n–48n, 653n

Mani Pulite (Clean Hands) investigation, 367, 372, 375, 376

Mannoia, Francesco Marino, 377, 601n

Marcellus II, Pope, 633n

Marcinkus, Paul Casimir, 3, 118n, 189–95, 197–203, 204, 206–7, 208, 209, 211, 213, 214–19, 220, 222, 223, 225–26, 228, 235n, 236–37, 238–40, 241, 243n, 244, 246, 249–50, 252, 257–58, 260, 261, 262–63, 264, 270, 272n, 273n, 286, 288–91, 292, 295, 296–97, 306, 308–11, 313, 315–24, 330–37, 338–39, 341, 343–48, 349–58, 360, 362, 363–64, 365, 366, 368, 369–70, 373n, 396, 397, 398, 430, 437, 440, 442n, 449, 463, 490, 512, 513, 604n, 606n–7n, 608n–16n, 618n, 624n–29n, 637n–40n, 642n, 644n, 646n–48n, 650n, 653n–55n, 658n, 659n, 662n, 663n, 700n

Ambrosiano settlement opposed by, 348

appointment to Vatican Bank of, 194

background of, 189–90, 608n, 636n

and Banca Cattolica deal, 207

Bank of Italy investigators’ meeting with, 331

Carlo Calvi and, 315, 316

Casaroli and, 327, 331

Cisalpine and, 202, 238, 296, 320, 327

as conduit between U.S. and Vatican, 308

counterfeit securities investigation and, 213, 214–15, 217–19, 220

criminal investigation into, 347

death of, 364n

expectation of appointment to cardinal of, 310–311, 342

FBI interview with, 284–85, 335, 336

financial inexperience of, 194–95, 198, 355, 610n

Hammer’s book and, 335–37

Italian arrest warrant for, 352–53, 449, 451

John Paul I and, 262–63

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

John XXIII and, 191

Latin American experience of, 310

letters of patronage given to Calvi by, 319, 321, 323, 324, 327, 328, 330, 331, 339, 344, 348

Mafia and, 377

as material witness in the Ambrosiano collapse, 333

opposition to, 280, 284, 309, 330, 331–32

Papal trips organized and attended by, 280, 283, 609n

Paul VI and, 192–93, 197–201, 207, 219, 231, 249–50

Pazienza and, 297–98, 309, 313, 315

personality of, 190–91, 355–56

physical appearance of, 189, 200, 217

Philadelphia corruption case handled by, 282–83

press on, 350, 352, 355, 360

replacement for, 361–62, 363

resignation of, 363–64, 365, 366, 370

in return to U.S., 364

Roberto Calvi and, 202–3, 207, 236, 237, 239–40, 244, 288, 292, 296, 309, 319–26, 358, 490

Roberto Calvi’s indemnity letter to, 319–20, 321, 327–28

as rumored Freemason, 302–3

rumored resignation of, 332

rumored sex parties of, 345n

self-imposed exile of, 353

Sindona and, 189, 194–95, 199, 222, 223, 225–26, 228, 231, 232, 233, 262–63, 289, 297, 299, 490

Solidarity funded by, 308–9

as U.S. source in Vatican, 334–35

as Vatican Bank head, 197–201, 249–50, 257, 258, 260, 261, 286, 325, 339, 342, 347, 354, 360, 369–70, 377, 440

as Vatican City chief administrator, 310–11, 325

Vatican financial policies set by, 610n

Marie-Benoît, Père, 98, 104n, 568n

Marigonda, Vittoria, 199, 217, 612n

Marinelli, Luigi, 463–64, 691n

Marranci, Rolando, 508n, 700n

Marshall Plan, 151–52, 157

Martin, Malachi, 249, 257, 606n, 627n

Martini, Cardinal Carlo Maria, 419, 423, 663n, 681n

Marx, Karl, 36, 277, 542n

Marxism, 5, 30, 264, 310, 326

Masons, see Freemasons, Freemasonry

Medici family, 10, 115

Mediobanca, 158, 171

Mediocredito Lombardo, 361, 363, 374

Mein Kampf (Hitler), 34n, 109

Melbourne, University of, 413–14

Mellon family, 22, 547n, 577n

Mengele, Josef, xi, 390n

Mengele (Posner), xii

Mennini, Alessandro, 197, 313

Mennini, Luigi, 156, 166, 167, 171, 177, 180, 181, 184, 185, 187, 203, 228, 232, 236, 296, 312, 317, 319, 343, 344, 364n, 602n, 611n, 627n, 650n, 700n

as real power behind the Vatican Bank, 199, 355–356

Calvi and, 197, 320, 325, 327–28

criminal investigation of, 300–301, 333, 347, 352, 355–56, 363, 366

Marcinkus and, 194, 198–99

resignation of, 363

Mennini, Paolo, 364n, 700n

men of confidence, 159, 167, 171, 188

Merry del Val, Cardinal, 36, 40, 49, 65n

Mexico, 127, 180, 280, 283, 414n, 626n

MI5 (British intelligence), 136, 391, 531n

MI6 (British secret service), 153n, 654n

Milan, Italy, 168–71, 200n, 286–87, 312, 361, 363, 480

modernists, Catholic, 19, 24, 29, 31, 33–35, 39, 542n

Monaco, 48n, 113, 119, 444

Mondo, Il, 260, 330, 612n

Monetary Convention, 443, 445, 447, 448, 451

Moneychangers, The (Raw), 659n

Moneyrex, 176–77, 602n, 615n

Moneyval, 450, 456–58, 460, 467, 472–73, 483, 484–85, 487, 489, 504, 508–510, 688n, 690n, 695n, 700n

Vatican Bank reports of, 484–85, 487, 508–9

Montecatini Company, 158, 161, 550n

Montecatini Edison, 180, 550n

Montedison, 372, 373

Montenegro, 121, 142

Monti, Carlo, 79, 557n

Montini, Cardinal Giovanni Battista, see Paul VI, Pope

Morgan, J. P., 58, 121

Morgan Bank, 47–48, 71, 82, 112, 115, 159, 547n

see also J. P. Morgan

Morgenthau, Henry, 117, 583n–84n

Moro, Aldo, 173n, 175, 182–83, 248, 273n, 287, 627n

Morpurgo, Giuseppe Lazzaro, 122–23, 578n–79n

Mortara, Edgardo, 17–18, 537n–38n

Mucci, Luca, 287, 300

Mudge, Rose, Guthrie & Alexander, 206, 231

Mundelein, George, 47, 549n, 610n

Munich Re, 123, 124, 126, 580n

Murphy, Paul, 554n, 559n

Murphy, Peter, 191, 335n, 353, 355–56, 364, 370, 463, 655n, 660n

Mussolini, Benito (Il Duce), 0, 44–45, 52–55, 56, 58–61, 62, 63, 65n, 70–71, 79, 82, 83, 85, 87, 93, 96, 109, 110, 111, 113, 575n, 577n, 578n, 583n, 590n, 603n, 616n

anti-Catholicism of, 44–45

anticommunism of, 60

anti-Semitism of, 73, 74–75, 122, 556n

arrest of, 99, 128

in Bank of Rome bailout, 45–46

Ethiopia invaded by, 68–69

as head of Nazi puppet government, 128–29

Lateran Pacts and, 48–49, 450

Nazi rescue of, 100

Pius XI and, 45–46, 47–49, 54–55, 73

Vatican Bank and, 119

Vatican’s partnership with, 60–61

Myth of the Twentieth Century (Rosenberg), 65n

Napoleon I, Emperor of France, 11, 98n

Napoleon III, Emperor of France, 14, 17, 18, 20

Nation, 546n–57n, 555n

National Archives, 132, 135n, 385, 573n, 581n, 585n, 591n

National Catholic Reporter, 76, 399, 401, 403n, 421, 442, 494, 537n, 634n, 666n, 674n

National Fascist Party, Italian, 44, 49, 52, 99, 128, 560n

National Socialism, see Nazi Germany, Nazis

Navarro-Valls, Joaquín, 303n, 385, 388, 389, 391, 396, 427

Nazi fugitives:

Catholic Church’s aid to, xi–xii, 143, 150–51, 384, 385

Pius XII’s silence about, 143

in South America, xi–xii, 384, 386

Vatican gold used in aid of, 145, 384, 386

Nazi Germany, Nazis, xi–xii, 69, 78–79, 84, 87, 89, 91–93, 95–97, 101–5, 112, 113, 116, 117, 119, 120, 125, 127, 131–37, 138, 141, 143–45, 147, 148–51, 153n, 154, 164, 176, 189, 195, 308, 339–41, 342, 383–88, 397, 421–23, 426, 445–46, 449n, 482, 493n, 544n, 552n, 553n, 556n, 560n, 561n, 562n, 563n, 564n, 565n, 566n, 567n, 568n, 569n, 570n, 571n, 572n, 579n, 582n, 584n, 586n, 587n, 588n, 589n, 594n, 603n, 656n

anti-Catholic measures in, 72

anti-Semitism in, 63–64, 66, 67, 72–73, 74, 75, 76–77, 84, 278, 554n; see also Holocaust

assisting insurers in avoiding paying victims claims, 127, 579n

book burnings in, 63

Catholic Church in, 64, 65–66, 73–74

Czechoslovakia invaded by, 82

gold looted by, 130–31, 384, 388, 389, 391, 392, 393

northern Italy occupied by, 99–100, 128–29

Pius XI and, 67, 72,

Pius XII and, see Holocaust, Pius XII and

Poland invaded by, 85–86, 111

Reichskonkordat violated by, 72, 109

Russia invaded by, 88, 90, 96

in Soviet nonaggression pact, 85

Sudetenland claims of, 71

Vatican and, 62–68, 72, 75, 76–77, 80, 82, 88, 90–91, 110, 551n

see also Gestapo; SS (Schutzstaffel)

Nazi hunters, xi, xii, 143, 147, 339

Netherlands, 57, 112, 131, 564n

Newsweek, 337, 640n

New York, N.Y., 71, 115, 116n, 117, 165, 209, 215, 223, 224–25, 241, 292–94, 299–300, 315–16, 373, 383, 404, 641n

New York Times, xii, 161n, 178, 183, 187, 204, 221, 228, 231, 232, 246, 257, 289, 342, 349, 354, 364, 367, 390n, 400, 434, 452–53, 464n, 488, 505, 546n, 558n, 598n, 602n, 610n, 650n, 674n, 689n

Nicaragua, 288, 309–10, 319, 353, 626n

Nichita Roncalli: Controvita di un papa (Bellegrandi), 173n

Nicholas V Tower, 118, 199, 217, 343, 483, 612n, 664n

Nicora, Cardinal Attilio, 431, 441, 452, 468, 473, 485, 489, 491, 510, 663n

Niehans, Paul, 161–62, 596n

Nikodim, Metropolitan, 261–62

Nixon, Richard, 193, 200, 205, 206, 221, 223, 240, 289, 618n, 623n

Nogara (Abwehr spy), 133, 134–35, 586n

Nogara, Bartolomeo, 51, 156

Nogara, Bernardino, 54, 90, 101, 115, 120–22, 124–29, 155–61, 166, 167, 168, 170, 176, 179–80, 182, 185, 202, 232, 300, 359, 362, 398, 512, 547n–48n, 554n, 560n, 569n, 573n, 575n, 577n–78n, 580n, 581n, 586n, 587n, 595n, 598n, 605n, 607n, 638n, 664n

appointed head of ASSS, 52

arbitrage strategy of, 57

background of, 50–51

as BCI director, 52, 57, 59, 116, 121, 134

Black Nobles’ conflict with, 52

cardinals’ investigations of, 83–84, 111

death of, 166

fighting Allies over blacklisting of Sudameris, 156–157

foreign bank investments of, 57–58

gold as safehaven investment, 112, 130

Great Depression and, 53, 55–61

holding companies established by, 57, 110, 112, 116, 119, 124, 126, 550n, 551n

IRI and, 58–59

and Italian invasion of Ethiopia, 69, 70

Italian investments of, 58–59, 157–58

Paul VI and, 159–60

Pius XI and, 52, 56

Pius XII and, 82–84, 549n

as possible Nazi spy, 132–37

postwar economy and, 155

postwar investment strategy of, 157–58, 160, 179

real estate investments of, 57, 111, 112, 124

retirement of, 160

and role in raising gold for Rome’s Jews, 100–101

rumored Jewishness of, 51

stake in Fondiaria and, 125

U.S. investments of, 71

use of IOR for aggressive money transfers, 118–19

Vatican Bank created by, 117–18, 128

Vatican finances transformed by, 160

Vatican gold reserves moved to U.S. by, 57, 112, 113, 130

visit to United States, 71

Volpi and, 120–22, 124, 126, 129, 130

World War II and, 111–12

Nogara, Giovanni, 161, 185

Nogara, Paolo, 161, 596n

Noriega, Manuel, 310n, 316n

Normandy invasion, 105

North Vietnam, 181, 193, 220

Norway, 112, 113

Nostra Aetate (In Our Time), 180n

Nuremberg Laws, 68, 88

Nuzzi, Gianluigi, 439–41, 465, 467–68, 469, 470, 473–74, 475, 478, 485, 492, 693n

Office of Strategic Services (OSS), 118–19, 131, 132, 134–36, 138, 142, 584n, 585n, 587n, 588n

Nazi fugitives and, 135, 147, 151, 592n

Oligata Romana, 190, 199

Olivetti, 321–22, 328

Olympics (Rome, 1960), 167, 186

O’Malley, Cardinal Sean, 495, 501

Operation Fraulein, 210–19, 617n

Operation Safehaven, 128, 141, 581n

Opus Dei, 325, 339n, 365, 375, 443, 464n, 470, 482, 487, 511, 610n, 652n

rumored secret deal with Calvi and, 325

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 444, 445, 447, 452, 456, 457, 472, 473, 482, 484, 487, 510

Orlandi, Emanuela, 345n, 474

Orsenigo, Cesare, 66–67, 82, 91

Ortolani, Umberto, 235, 238, 302, 532n, 644n, 658n

Osborne, D’Arcy Godolphin, 73, 81, 90, 99, 104, 106, 107, 110, 149, 556n, 565n, 566n, 570n, 573n

Osservatore Romano, L’,16–17, 49, 79, 354, 437, 443, 448, 537n, 540n, 607n, 612n

Ottoman Empire, 51, 124, 134, 550n

Ouellet, Marc, 495, 496

Owens, Jeffrey, 447, 452

Pacelli, Carlo, 104, 156, 570n, 574n, 594n, 595n

Pacelli, Ernesto, 40, 50, 83, 125

as Bank of Rome president, 29, 36

economic and political reforms urged by, 30

Pius X’s break with, 37–38

Vatican finances overseen by, 35

as Vatican financial advisor, 29–30, 36–37, 546n

Pacelli, Eugenio, see Pius XII, Pope

Pacelli, Francesco, 48, 59, 79, 546n–47n

Pacelli, Giulio, 158, 159, 160, 185, 595n

Pacelli, Marcantonio, 158, 159, 160, 575n, 595n, 596n

Padalino, Giulio, 286, 288, 638n

Pagano, Bishop Sergio, 128, 589n

Palace of the Chancellery, 14, 536n

Palazzini, Cardinal Pietro, 321, 324–25

Palestine, 67–68, 106, 648n

Palestinian Liberation Organization, 221, 313

Panama, 202, 236, 638n

Panciroli, Romeo, 268, 269, 270, 654n

Panorama, 202n, 231, 323, 440

Pantanella, 186, 239

Papacy:

antipopes and, 10, 634n

elections of, 32

infallibility of, 19

Papal Court, 10, 17, 28–29, 32, 44, 537n

Papal States, 12, 13, 15, 17, 24, 25, 30, 33, 42, 45, 48, 153, 178

Italy’s annexation of, 18–19, 21, 47

taxation of, 8, 9, 15, 16

Papée, Kazimierz, 95, 567n

Papen, Franz von, 63, 65, 164

Paraguay, xi–xii

Paribas, see Banque de Paris et des Pays–Bas

Parolin, Cardinal Pietro, 507–9

Partito Popolare Italiano (Italian People’s Party), 44, 46, 49

Pascalina Lehnert, Sister, 83, 143, 160, 161, 165, 554n, 558n, 559n, 564n, 566n, 589n, 594n, 596n–97n

Pius XII’s relationship with, 80–81, 632n

Paul II, Pope, 9

Paul IV, Pope, 110

Paul VI, Pope, 34, 90, 95, 99, 107, 108n, 140, 142–43, 148, 149–50, 153, 159–60, 165, 168, 169–70, 173–74, 175–77, 180–81, 183–84, 192, 208, 217, 221, 224, 233–34, 255–59, 260, 262, 263, 264, 266n, 267, 271–74, 279, 283, 290, 310, 350, 365n, 369, 534n, 540n, 567n, 589n, 592n, 596n, 599n, 602n, 610n, 611n, 627n–32n, 633n, 639n, 657n

anticommunism of, 169

as archbishop of Milan, 160, 169–70

autopsy policy of, 635n

birth control policy of, 606n

Cody and, 250–52, 256, 263–64

death of, 253–54, 627n

declining health of, 246–47

Draganović and, 140, 148, 149

election of, 174

fear of postwar Russian invasion, 142

Hudal and, 150

Humanae Vitae encyclical of, 185, 259

indecisiveness of, 174, 187, 249

Jesuits and, 264

knowledge of Holocaust, 90

leftward shift of, 180–81

Marcinkus and, 192–93, 197–201, 207, 219, 231, 249–50

Moro kidnapping and, 248

Nixon’s meeting with, 200

Nogara and, 159–60

Pauline Policy of, 187

personality of, 174, 175

physical ailments of, 246

Populorum Progressio encyclical of, 181

possible resignation of, 246–47, 249–50

rumored homosexuality of, 173n

Second Vatican Council and, 175, 180–81

silence about ratline, 143–144.

Sindona and, 169–70, 175, 185–86, 187, 196, 199, 290

Spada and, 175

Spellman and, 173–74

U.S. visited by, 193

Vatican bank budget cut by, 232

Paulines, 280–83, 637n

Pavelić, Ante, 91, 139, 140, 145–46, 390, 392, 562n, 563n, 578n, 589n, 590n

Pius XII and, 87–89, 90, 98n

Pazienza, Francesco, 313–17, 327n, 608n, 628n, 637n, 642n, 644n, 648n

Calvi’s hiring of, 313, 320, 321, 353

Marcinkus and, 297–98, 309, 313, 315

Pecci, Vincenzo Gioacchino, see Leo XIII, Pope

Pell, Cardinal George, 424, 510, 512

Perón, Juan, 116, 120, 146, 150, 151, 222, 230, 565n

Peru, 310, 319, 323, 331

Pesenti, Carlo, 347, 350

Petaci, Francesco Saverio, 141

Petaci, Clara, 141

at center of Pius XI murder conspiracy, 75n

Petaci, Marcello, 141

Peter, Saint, 274, 413, 416, 491, 538n

archaeological dig for remains of, 94–95

bones of, 95, 161

Peterson, Michael, 404, 405

Peter’s Pence, 21–22, 26, 27, 28, 35, 40, 42, 55, 111, 175, 233, 261, 354, 359, 360–61, 378, 500, 538n, 631n

American Catholics’ contributions for, 47, 406, 417

global recession’s effect on, 437

Phayer, Michael, 125n, 566n, 568n

Philadelphia, Pa., 280, 403

Philadelphia Diocese, 637n

corruption in, 280–82

Vatican Bank’s reimbursement of, 282–83

Pierre Hotel, New York, 223, 231, 241, 620n, 623n

Pinochet, Augusto, 147, 372n

Pioppo, Piero, 430, 454, 455, 504

Piovano, Gianfranco, 378, 396

Pius IV, Pope, 51

Pius VI, Pope, 11

Pius VIII, Pope, 635n

Pius IX, Pope, 27, 30, 31, 49, 79, 152, 277, 278n, 536n, 539n, 540n, 598n

Anti-modernism of, 19, 24–25, 29

Anti-Semitism of, 14, 15, 18

Antonelli and, 18–19

capitalism distrusted by, 23

Catholics banned from political participation by, 24–25

Coen kidnapping and, 18

death of, 25

encyclical of, 19

Italian nationalism and, 13–14, 18

Mortara kidnapping and, 17–18, 537n–38n

and nationalist capture of Rome, 20–21

Peter’s Pence revived by, 21–22

Quanta Cura encyclical of, 19

Syllabus of Errors of, 19, 29, 31, 538n

Vatican bequest of, 26

Pius X, Pope, 55, 67–68, 537n, 546n, 576n

Anti-modernism of, 33–35, 39, 542n

ban on Catholic political participation lifted by, 36

in break with Ernesto Pacelli, 37–38

church-building programs by, 36

Curia reform attempted by, 33, 541n

death of, 39

election of, 32

foreign relations of, 35

humility of, 32–33

Lamentabili Sane encyclical of, 34

populist touch of, 33

Pius XI, Pope, 58, 64, 66–76, 80, 82, 84, 110, 114, 141, 164, 547n, 552n, 557n, 558n, 560n, 571n, 576n, 687n

anticommunism of, 60, 62, 551n, 556n

anti-Semitism of, 67

anti-Semitism condemned by, 73–74

avoiding Hitler during Rome visit by, 73

Casti Connubii encyclical of, 64

decision to negotiate Lateran Pacts, 47–48

death of, 75, 557n

deteriorating health of, 74, 75

disbanding Friends of Israel by, 67–68

Divini Redemptoris encyclical of, 556n

election of, 44

Ethiopian invasion and, 69–70

Humani Generis Unitas encyclical of, 74, 75–77, 82

Imperial Papacy of, 53–54

Mit brenndender Sorge encyclical of, 72, 555n

Mussolini and, 45–46, 47–49, 73

Nazi Germany and, 67, 72

Nogara and, 50–51, 52, 56

Non Abbiamo Bisogno encyclical of, 54–55

Quadragesimo Anno encyclical of, 548n–49n, 556n

temper of, 18, 20, 556n

Vatican audit ordered by, 44, 46

Vatican City building boom commenced by, 53–54

Vatican museums expanded by, 54

Pius XII, Pope, 29n, 48, 59, 60, 64–66, 71n, 74, 75n, 99, 112n, 114–15, 118, 119, 125, 129, 132, 135, 145, 148–54, 155–63, 166, 167, 169, 172, 173, 174, 175, 184, 185, 191, 273, 279, 308, 362, 378, 388, 394, 418, 424, 429, 496, 508, 540n, 547n, 552n–54n, 559n–68n, 570n–72n, 574n, 575n, 576n, 589n, 590n, 591n, 593n, 594N, 595n–97n, 605n, 630n, 638n, 641n, 678n

anticommunism of, 79, 84, 85, 88, 107, 141, 142, 151, 153–54, 305, 551n

anti-Semitism of, 84–85, 110, 536n, 555n

background of, 79–80

birth control and, 606n

character of, 80, 81, 92

clemency for Nazi criminals urged by, 144, 589n, 590n

concerns about timidity of, 81, 92

death of, 162

demand for unconditional Nazi surrender opposed by, 107

Divino Afflante Spiritu encyclical of, 570n

Draganović and, 149

efforts to spare Rome from Allied bombing by, 98–99, 104,

election of, 78–79, 81

foreign relations of, 84

German sympathies of, 62, 72, 76–77, 78–79, 82, 88, 90, 108–9, 111

gossip about personal life of, 81, 173, 558–559n

Hitler and, 62–63, 82

Holocaust and, 86–87, 90–94, 95, 96–98, 101–10, 141, 143, 165, 386

Hudal and, 150

invocation of Papal infallibility, 595n

and Italian invasion of Ethiopia, 69–70

micromanagement of, 81, 82, 84, 108, 114–115, 596n

Munificentissimus Deus encyclical of, 595n

Mystic Corporis Christi encyclical of, 570n

and Nazi roundup of Rome’s Jews, 100–104

Nogara and, 82–84, 549n

Pascalina and, 80–81, 632n

Pavelić and, 87–89, 90, 91, 98n

poor health of, 79–80, 161–62, 596n

protection of Catholics as first priority of, 109–10

racism of, 106–7

in refusal to apologize for wartime inaction, 144

Sacra Virginitas encyclical of, 596n

and search for St. Peter’s body, 94–95

as silent about Church’s aid to Nazi fugitives, 143

Soviets feared by, 142

Spellman’s relationship with, 81, 558n

visions of, 162

Taylor’s meeting with, 92, 93

Pius XII, the Holocaust, and the Cold War (Phayer), 125n

Pizzi, Antonio, 351–52, 358, 658n

Poland, 90, 92, 112, 120, 124, 146, 148, 275, 277, 279, 282, 308, 310n, 333, 340, 342, 391, 397, 435, 560n, 561n, 568n, 645n, 646n

anticommunism in, 305, 306, 307

Catholic Church in, 86

cardinals spreading blood libel in, 86, 561n

division of, 278

forced labor in, 341

General Government of, 125

Holocaust in, 91, 95, 96, 105, 125, 144

Nazi invasion of, 85–86, 111

Pro-democracy movement in, 371

as Soviet satellite, 141, 278

Pollard, John, 417, 544n, 548n, 554n, 616n

Pontifical Biblical Institute, 35, 249

Pontifical Commission of Assistance, 140, 143, 149–50, 592n

Pontifical Institute of Oriental Studies, 149, 563n

Pontificio Santa Maria dell’Anima, 103, 146

Popular Democratic Front, 153, 594n

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, 305n, 313

Porco, Daniel, 600n–601n

Portland, Oreg., 407, 408

Portugal, 35, 119, 125n, 136, 393

Pravda, 304–5, 537n

Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, 184, 185, 188, 213, 233, 360, 378, 382, 397, 431, 455n, 607n, 667n

Preysing, Konrad von, 91, 97, 566n

Price Waterhouse, 243, 378

“Problem of Sexual Molestation by Roman Catholic Clergy, The” (Doyle, Mouton & Peterson), 404–5

Proclaimed List of Certain Blocked Nationals (“blacklist”), 115–16, 119, 574n

Profima, 112, 116, 550n

Promontory Financial Group, 507, 509

Propaganda Due (P2), 178–79, 200n, 212, 222, 230, 235, 241, 242, 243, 244, 272n, 287, 288, 292, 301–3, 312, 313, 318, 330, 333, 338, 339, 340, 345, 351, 362, 373, 377, 603n, 615n, 620n, 638n, 652n

Protestants, Protestantism, 11, 23, 48, 75, 94, 148n, 247, 539n, 572n

capitalism and, 23, 443

Prussia, 20, 63

Pucci, Enrico, 540n, 586n

Radowal, 290, 613n, 616n, 624n

ratlines, 145–46, 148, 150, 151, 384

Ratti, Cardinal Achille, see Pius XI, Pope

Ratzinger, Cardinal Joseph Aloisius, see Benedict XVI, Pope

Rauff, Walter, 147

Raw, Charles, 599n, 603n, 616n, 659n

Reagan, Ronald, 310n, 334, 349, 646n

John Paul II and, 279, 305, 306, 307, 308

Red Brigades, 200n, 248, 279, 287, 292

Reformation, 11, 35, 410

Reggiane, 69–70

Regia Azienda Monopolio Banane (Royal Banana Monopoly Business), 70–71

Reichsbank, 119, 131, 132, 385, 582n, 671n

Reichskonkordat, 65–67, 72, 80, 552n, 553n, 572n

Nazi violation of, 72, 109

Reme, Reinhard Karl Wilhelm, 132–35, 136, 585n–86n

Render Unto Rome (Berry), 372n

Repubblica, La, 321, 357, 480, 492, 634n

Reuters, 385, 477, 507, 689n

Ribbentrop, Joachim von, 86, 103

Ricca, Battista Mario Salvatore, 504–5

Rice, Condoleezza, 408–9

Rich Church, Poor Church (Martin), 606n

Riunione Adriatica di Sicurtà (RAS), 58, 122, 124, 126, 128, 129n, 158, 181, 579n, 658n

Rizzo, Vincent, 209–10, 211, 212, 218

Roberts, John, 336, 655n

Romania, 116, 122, 127, 128

Volpi and Nogara doing business in, 122, 125–126, 127

Holocaust in, 125–26

Soviet takeover of, 141

Roman Rota, 395, 618n

Rome, Italy, 7, 9, 11, 343, 349, 569n

Allied liberation of, 107

anti-Vatican rioting in, 14

Italian nationalists capture of, 20–21

Nazi deportation of Jews from, 101–4

Nazi occupation of, 100–104

Pius XII as Defensor Civitatis of, 107

Rome, University of, 95n, 268

Rommel, Erwin, 95–96

Roncalli, Cardinal Angelo Giuseppe, see John XXIII, Pope

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 71n, 92, 98, 99, 106, 113, 114, 115, 116n, 142, 559n, 573n

Rosa, Enrico, 74, 76

Rosone, Roberto, 196, 317, 321, 323, 324, 327–29, 331

Roth, Arthur, 204–5, 225, 614n

Rothschild family, 12, 15, 16, 17, 29, 37, 44, 130, 535n, 544n, 578n

Antonelli’s sidelining of, 16

Catholic resentment of, 12

loans to Vatican by, 44

as Vatican bankers, 12–13, 15

Rotta, Angelo, 108

effort to save Hungarian Jews by, 105

Roywest Bank, 314, 344, 648n

Ruini, Cardinal Camillo, 420, 423

Rumor, Mariano, 221

Russia, 35, 39, 41, 43, 60, 88, 90, 92, 96, 107, 110, 112n, 120, 141–42, 144–45, 305, 387, 391, 560n, 565n, 573n, 579n, 589n

see also Soviet Union

Russian Orthodox Church, 41, 43, 261, 632n

Rychlak, Ronald, 563n, 567n

Sabato, Il, 118n, 199n

St. Christina’s Church, Chicago, 189, 608n

St. Hedwig’s Cathedral, Berlin, 66–67, 75

St. John Lateran Basilica, 248, 262

St. Martha Hospice, 660n

St. Peter’s Banker (DiFonzo), 603n

St. Peter’s Basilica, 7, 10, 14, 18, 19–21, 33, 43, 46, 94–95, 100, 248, 277, 412, 418, 421, 434, 471, 490, 497–98, 534n, 567n, 586n, 597n, 634n

St. Peter’s Square, 140, 163, 200, 262, 269–70, 304, 386, 427, 459, 498, 700n

St. Raphael Society, 147–48

Sala Bolognia, 270, 271

Sala Nervi, 256n, 262

Samuels, Shimon, 385–86

Sandinista National Liberation Front, 288, 309, 353

San Girolamo degli Illirici, College of, 139, 140, 145, 149, 592n

San Lorenzo fuori le Mura Basilica, Rome, 99, 104

San Marino, 113, 119

San Raffaele Hospital, 455, 468

San Serafino Foundation, 376

Santucci, Carlo, 40, 45

Sarić, Ivan, 89, 563n, 564n

Sarto, Cardinal Giuseppe, see Pius X, Pope

Scaletti, Lelio, 378, 379

Scarano, Nunzio, 505–6, 507, 699n, 700n

Scattolini, Virgilio, 540n, 586n, 605n

Schellenberg, Walther, 133–34, 556n, 586n, 587n, 589n

Scherer, Cardinal Odilo, 495, 509

Schmitz, Ronaldo Hermann, 442, 476, 479, 490

Schönborn, Cardinal Christoph von, 423, 434

Schröder, Kurt von, 130, 584n

Schwend, Friedrich, 138, 587n, 588n

looted money to Vatican by, 138

Scola, Cardinal Angelo, 418, 424, 455n, 495–96

Scotland Yard, 1, 6

SD (Sicherheitsdienst), 133, 585n, 586n

Sebastiani, Cardinal Sergio, 416, 431

Secchia, Pietro, 169–70, 599n

Second Vatican Council, 166–67, 171–72, 175, 180–81, 187, 191–92, 247, 255, 274, 597n, 598n

Secret Service, U.S., 200, 360n

Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. (SEC), 205, 220, 225, 226–27, 229, 282, 607n

Sindona and, 205, 225, 229

Vatican Bank and, 208–9

Senate, U.S., 340, 383

Serbs, Serbia, 89, 140, 142, 563n, 568n

Serrano, Manuel Soto, 442, 476

Sex in the Confessional, 256

Sextus IV, Pope, 9

sexual abuse scandal, 372n, 398–411, 501, 673n–75n, 677n–78n, 697n, 698n

Benedict XVI and, 433–34

diocesan bankruptcies from, 407–408, 417, 677n

efforts by United Nations rebuffed for, 427, 501

financial ramifications of, 406–9, 416–17, 470

litigation naming Pope over, 408–409

John Paul II and, 434

Seymour, Whitney North, Jr., 215, 618n

SGI/Immobiliare (Società Generale Immobiliare), 157, 158, 160–61, 170, 179–80, 186, 187, 226, 227, 228, 229, 241, 263, 607n, 610n–11n

Shaddick, Peter, 234–35

Sicily, 13, 98, 99, 168, 171, 275, 298, 642n

Siegenthaler, Pierre, 202, 327

Siemens, 459, 486–87

Signoracci, Arnaldo, 268, 271, 272n, 634n, 635n

Signoracci, Ernesto, 268, 271, 272n, 634n, 635n

Signoracci, Renato, 268n, 634n

Simpson, Keith, 4, 532n

Sindona, Michele, 173n, 175–88, 189, 194–95, 194–97, 200–202, 207, 209, 212, 217, 224–36, 237, 240, 241–45, 246, 249, 257–58, 260, 262–63, 272n, 283, 285, 288–95, 296–300, 301, 302, 309, 310, 315, 320, 321, 324, 331, 333, 340, 342, 352, 357, 360, 381, 440, 599n–607n, 610n–11n, 613n–16n, 620n–27n, 638n, 639n, 653n, 660n

Ambrosoli’s investigation of, 290–91

Ambrosoli’s murder and, 292, 299

Argentine plans of, 222–23

background of, 168–69

and Banca Privata collapse, 333

banks looted by, 290, 292

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

death of, 351, 352

downfall of, 223–35

faked kidnapping of, 292–95, 298, 641n, 642n, 643n

financial empire of, 176–78, 204–6, 225, 228, 234

as freemason, 339

Gelli and, 179

international flight of, 229–30

Italian criminal indictment of, 229

Italian trial of, 350–51

Italy’s extradition request for, 231, 234–35, 240, 244–45, 257–58, 260, 262, 289, 300, 640n

lecture tour of, 232–33

Marcinkus and, 189, 194, 199, 222, 223, 225–26, 228, 231, 232, 233, 262–63, 289, 297, 299, 490

mental health of, 294n

parliamentary investigation into, 339

Paul VI and, 169–70, 175, 185–86, 187, 196, 199, 290

praise for his business acumen, 177–178

purchases Franklin National, 204–205

raising money for Church by 170, 224

in return to U.S., 231

rumors of Mafia association, 171, 600–601n

SEC and, 205, 225, 229

Spada and, 170–71

suicide attempt of, 299

tax avoidance strategies of, 183–84, 185–86

U.S. arrest and trial of, 241, 289–90, 293, 295, 297–99, 640n, 641n, 643n

U.S. bank holdings of, 204–5, 223, 224–25, 227–28, 229

Vatican Bank and, 170, 171, 172, 177, 180, 196, 225, 227, 228, 231–32, 233–34, 258, 260, 290, 291, 301, 351, 440

Sindona, Nino, 230–31, 299, 299–300, 622n, 643n

Sindona Group, 177, 199, 232

Siri, Cardinal Giuseppe, 148, 163, 165, 166, 167, 173, 180, 255, 258, 273–76, 597n

Sistine Chapel, 9, 30, 256n, 335n, 359n, 421, 422, 495, 629n

Sixtus IV, Pope, 536n

60 Minutes, 344, 675n

Slachta, Margit, 97, 568n

Slovakia, 84–87, 124, 561n, 568n

Holocaust in, 97–98

Slovenia, 133, 142

Smith, William French, 335–36, 349

SNIA Viscosa, 158, 160, 170, 180, 595n, 600n

Sobibor concentration camp, 105, 146

Società Finanziaria Telefonica (STET), 158, 176n, 332, 347, 366

Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), 598n, 685n

Sodano, Cardinal Angelo, 374n, 376–77, 379, 401, 408–11, 419, 424, 429–30, 434, 454, 666n, 669n, 678n, 683n

Caloia and, 371–72, 373, 381

interference in sex abuse

 investigations by, 372, 411

John Paul II and, 375, 378

Solidarity, 306–8, 309, 310n, 333, 381, 511, 646n

Vatican and, 308–9, 333

Somaliland, 68, 69, 70

Somoza, Anastasio, 288, 309, 598n, 626n

South America, 384

Nazi fugitives in, xi–xii, 384, 386

Sovereign Immunities Act, 409n, 445

Sovereign Military Order of Malta, 371, 493

Soviet Union, 59n, 60, 105, 132, 141–42, 151, 157, 172, 181, 278, 304–6, 307, 308, 310n, 537n, 559n, 564n, 573n, 578n, 589n, 645n

Eastern Europe controlled by, 142

in German nonaggression pact, 85

Nazi invasion of, 88, 90, 96

Pius XII’s fears about, 142

see also Cold War; Russia

Spada, Massimo, 156, 158, 166, 167, 169, 170–71, 165, 176, 177, 181, 185, 187, 197, 206, 232, 333, 360, 548n, 554n, 557n, 577n, 599n, 604n, 643n, 657n

Spain, 32, 125n, 136, 141, 248, 437

Spatola, Vincenzo, 294, 295

Spatola family, 370, 377

Special Administration of the Holy See (ASSS), 52, 83, 111, 157, 160, 162, 167, 172, 182–84, 194, 548n, 605n, 607n

Caneli as head of, 155–56

holding companies used to hide transactions by, 57

tax exemptions of, 182

Spellman, Francis, 81, 108n, 114, 151, 153, 158, 165, 166, 167, 181, 198, 250, 558n–59n, 589n, 594, 598n, 610n

death of, 193

fundraising abilities of, 193–94

on John XXIII, 165

Paul VI and, 173–74

Pius XII’s relationship with, 81

rumored homosexuality of, 558–559n

Vatican and, 152, 162–63, 172–73

Spellman Foundation, see Cardinal Francis Spellman Foundation

SS (Schutzstaffel), 91, 100, 104, 129, 131, 133, 144, 146, 148n, 576n, 603n

Catholics in, 66, 67

Stalin, Joseph, 62, 85, 88, 141–42

Stampa, Ingrid, 433, 436, 460, 465

Stampa, La, 331, 460, 479, 480, 635n

Stangl, Franz, 146–47

Stans, Maurice, 206, 615n

State Department, U.S., 114, 129n, 151, 240, 334, 384, 391, 408, 426, 428, 430, 435, 472, 574n, 588n, 593n, 619n, 659n

Steinberg, Elan, 387, 389, 393, 394n, 669n

Stephen II, Pope, 633n

Stepinac, Alojzije, 87, 91–92, 98, 144, 384–85, 390, 562n, 564n, 568n, 589n

Stevens, Franzo Grande, 373–74, 379, 482

Sua Santità: Le carte segrete di Benedetto XVI (His Holiness: The Scret Papers of Benedict XVI; Nuzzi), 473–74

Sudameris, 57, 116, 127, 156, 575n

Sulfina, Michele, 129

Sullivan and Cromwell, 131–32, 584n

Sunday Times (London), 421, 422

Suprafin S.p.A., 206, 343, 615n

Supreme Court, U.S., 307, 409n, 682n

Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP), 399, 403

Swiss Guards, 14, 100, 226, 464, 597n

Switzerland, 42, 57, 86, 106, 112, 113, 119, 124, 129, 131, 132n, 135, 139, 141, 200, 223, 229, 236, 238, 297, 318, 338, 370, 392, 394, 414, 489, 583n, 588n

class action lawsuit against banks in, 383–84, 389

stolen Jewish assets in, 383–84

World War II archives released by, 390–91

Syria, 146, 147, 221, 305n

Szoka, Cardinal Casimir, 378, 397, 673n

Tacchi Venturi, Pietro, 45, 47–48, 75, 99, 463, 545n, 546n

Talcott National, 224, 227

Tamarro, Richard, 211, 213–18, 617n

Tardini, Cardinal Domenico, 52, 81, 87, 88, 93, 95, 108n, 142, 143, 149–50, 157, 163, 164n, 569n, 592n, 595n

Taylor, Myron, 71n, 92, 93, 97, 115, 116n, 142, 152, 565n, 569n, 588n, 593n

Teresa, Mother, 355, 661n

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

Tescaroli, Luca, 468–69

Tettamanzi, Cardinal Dionigi, 412, 418, 423, 455

Thatcher, Margaret, 279, 305, 417

Thavis, Dick, 432, 684n

Theodore II, Pope, 633n

Thief in the Night, A (Cornwell), 273n

Time, 159, 177, 187, 198, 499, 578n, 603n

Tisch, Laurence, 204–5, 614n

Tiso, Jozef, 84–85, 87, 568n

Tisserant, Cardinal Eugène, 75, 85, 154, 165, 212, 213, 597n, 617n

Tito, Josip Broz, 140, 142, 146n, 148–49

Tittmann, Harold, 97, 114–15, 565n

Tondini, Amleto, 168–69

Tosches, Nick, 182n, 243n, 320, 601n, 603n, 613n, 642n

Trading with the Enemy Act, 573n, 574n

Treasury Department, U.S., 71, 113, 114, 115, 117, 119, 124–25, 127, 132n, 157, 210, 384, 457, 576n, 585n

Treblinka concentration camp, 105, 146

Tripartite Gold Commission, 386, 389

Truman, Harry, 151, 152, 279, 593n

Tulli, Massimo, 506, 507

Turin, Italy, 213, 214

Turkey, 37, 42n, 50–51, 113, 127, 164, 304, 305, 433, 684n

Twitter, 428, 498, 500

Ukraine, 92, 104

Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS), 52, 57, 119, 232, 235n, 243, 300, 332, 338, 347, 362, 615n, 668n, 670n

United Nations, 69, 96, 315, 316, 427, 467, 644n, 648n

Committee on the Rights of the Child of (CRC), 501

Congress on Economic and Social Issues of, 414

Food and Agriculture Organization of, 68n

Monetary and Financial Conference of, 585n

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, 68n

War Crimes Prosecutor at the Hague of, 427

United States, 56, 70, 71, 76, 82, 95, 106, 107, 117, 119, 120–21, 126–27, 129n, 131, 135–37, 139–41, 143, 145, 147, 150–52, 157, 159n, 180, 181, 189, 190, 194, 208–9, 218, 223, 224, 228, 229, 230–31, 232, 234–35, 236, 240, 241, 247, 250, 280, 285, 290, 305, 307–8, 334–35, 351, 352, 359n, 360n, 363–64, 385, 387, 390, 400–409, 414, 416, 426, 437, 470, 554n, 571n, 574n, 576n, 577n, 581n, 583n, 589n, 615n, 646n

Catholic Church in, see Catholic Church, American

financial blacklists of, 113, 115, 116, 124–25

Great Depression in, 55, 549n

housing bubble (2006) in, 437

Marcinkus as Vatican source to, 334–35

Paul VI’s visit to, 193

press in, 208

Sindona’s investments in, 204–5

stock market crash in, 53, 54

Vatican gold reserves transferred to, 57, 112, 113, 130

Vatican relations with, 306–8, 310n, 349

Vatican view as puritanical, 401

in Vietnam War, 200, 264, 587n

in World War I, 42

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 378, 397, 568n, 591n

United Trading Corporation, 235n, 240, 243, 288, 313, 319, 343, 624n–25n, 627n, 639n

Marcinkus investments into, 239–240, 624–625n

Untouchables, The (Gli Intoccabili), 467–69

Urban II, Pope, 9, 534n

Urban VI, Pope, 596n

Urban VII, Pope, 633n

Ursi, Carrado, 273, 275

Uruguay, 92, 379

Ustaša, 87–88, 90, 390, 562n, 563n, 564n, 566n, 587n, 588n, 590n, 591n, 592n

gold looted by, 384, 391, 672n

as war criminals, 139–41, 143, 145–46, 148–50, 392

Vagnozzi, Cardinal Egidio, 184–85, 188, 213, 233–34, 605n–7n, 624n

Vatican:

Abwehr agents in, 133–34

AIF and, 451–52

Ambrosiano bailout and, 288

Ambrosiano collapse and, 339, 342, 344, 346

American Church loan requests by, 40–41, 43, 46–47, 55, 544n

Antonelli’s financial reform of, 16–17

Bank of Rome investment of, 36–37, 40, 45, 53

Biblical Commission of, 34–35

Bigelow memo and, 384–85

bonds issued by, 17, 19

budget deficit of, 234, 342–43, 359–60, 437

budget of, 437, 624n

bureaucracy of, 370

Calvi and, 303, 326

Casaroli as overseer of finances of, 327

Central Powers’ connections to, 41–42

CIA covert aid to, 153

Cipriani’s resignation from, 506

crisis management of, 340, 480

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

debt of, 26–27

declaring of cash required on entrance into, 456–57

dioceses’ finances as independent from, 406–7

divestment of Italian company holdings by, 187–88

dividend tax and, 182–83, 185

downplaying wealth of, 188, 233–234

Draganović and, 140, 148–49

effect of political and social upheaval on finances of, 11, 15

effect of World War I on finances of, 40, 43

1887 real estate crash and, 28–29

Ernesto Pacelli as financial advisor to, 29, 35, 125

euro and, 443–44, 451, 456, 457

European Union and, 443–45, 447, 451, 458

exempted from U.S. financial blacklists, 113, 115

finances of, 261, 295–96, 321, 327, 334, 354, 378, 459, 607n, 612n

financial ramification of sex abuse scandal for, 406–9

foreign bank investments of, 57–58, 116–17

Generali stake of, 122, 124, 125

gold of, 112, 359

gold reserves transferred to U.S. by, 57, 112, 113, 130

Great Depression and, 55–61

Hitler validated by, 65

Holocaust restitution claims and, 284–94, 398, 423, 426, 482

Holy Year revenue for, 343, 348

indulgences sold by, 9–11, 14–15

interest-bearing loans issued by, 27

Italian fascists endorsed by, 49

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

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

labor unions in, 354, 599n

Lateran Pacts as financial windfall for, 48–49, 50, 52, 121, 349

leaks in, see Vatileaks scandal

and London conference on stolen Holocaust assets, 386–88

Monetary Convention signed by, 443–44, 445, 447, 448, 451

money laundering by, 472

money laundering laws and, 445, 447, 451, 452

Moneyval and, 456, 457, 460

Mussolini’s partnership with, 60–61

Nazi fugitives aided by, 150–51

Nazi Germany and, 62–68, 72, 75, 76–77, 80, 82, 88, 90–91, 110, 551n

Nazi gold and, 384, 387, 388

nepotism and corruption in, 10–11, 356n, 458

1960 Olympics and, 167, 186

Nogara’s diversification of assets of, 53, 57–58, 111–12

OECD’s white list and, 444, 445, 447, 448, 456, 457

OSS agents in, 135

overlapping financial bureaucracies of, 184–85

Philadelphia Diocese audit of, 280–82

Pius XI’s bequest to, 26

press and, 183, 340, 385, 452, 605n

public relations of, 341, 448–49, 478, 479, 480

ratlines and, 145–46, 384

real estate investments of, 183–84, 598n

in refusal to allow author access to the Secret Archives, 128

in refusal to release World War II archives, 391, 392, 393

regional banks opened by, 30

Rothschilds and, 12–13, 15, 44

sale of Banca Cattolica and, 290

Secret Archives of, xiii, 76, 98, 104n, 112n, 120, 128, 256, 260, 386–90, 393, 553n, 560n, 577n, 635n

Sindona’s U.S. trial and, 297, 298–99

Solidarity and, 308–9

sovereignty of, 113, 358, 368, 449, 453, 457, 458

Soviet resistance movement and, 306–7

Spellman and, 152, 162–63, 172–73

taxes and fees levied by, 8, 9, 15, 16

top ranking cutout country, 414–415

U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child ratified by, 501

U.S. investments of, 71

U.S. relations with, 306–8, 310n, 349

Viganò’s reform efforts and, 467–68, 469

wealth of, 233–34

see also Catholic Church

Vatican Asset Management, 512

Vatican Bank, 669n, 670n, 672n, 682n, 686n, 687n–88n, 696n, 700n

Allen Dulles and, 131–32

Ambrosiano and, 203, 286, 288, 297, 300, 309, 312–14, 317, 318–19, 322, 323, 325, 330–31, 332, 338, 348, 357, 363

Ambrosiano collapse and, 343, 348, 352

Ambrosiano creditor banks repaid by, 346, 348, 353–54, 357, 366, 379

Ambrosiano shares owned by, 236–37, 328, 336

Ambrosiano’s indemnity letter for, 319–20, 321, 327–28

anticommunism and, 279

and Banca Cattolica deal, 207

Banca Unione investments of, 350

bank accounts for wealthy Italians in, 182n, 370, 374

Bank of Italy and, 447–48

Benedict XVI and, 511

Bertone’s attempted reform of, 442

Caloia as chairman of, 362, 365–72, 378–80, 381, 383, 392, 396–98, 413, 414, 430–31, 438

Caloia’s attempted reform of, 366, 376, 381–82, 398, 413, 438, 440

Calvi’s partnerships with, 226, 236–37, 238–40, 242, 243–44, 312, 320, 338–39, 343, 344, 345, 352, 440

cash reserves of, 416

charter of, 117, 362

Cisalpine and, 201, 296

class action lawsuit against, 391–92, 394, 445–46, 449n

commission of cardinals’ monitoring of, 359, 360

confidentiality at, 376

counterfeit securities ring and, 212–13

creation of, 117–18, 128

Credit Suisse gold in exchange for cash from, 309

criminal investigation of, 338

De Bonis’s influence at, 367–68, 371, 372, 375, 439, 440

di Jorio as overseer of, 163, 167

Enimont scandal and, 373, 377, 379, 380, 381, 450

EU money-laundering standards and, 467, 468, 473, 481, 483, 484, 508

European Union and, 444, 445, 450, 451

fake Vatican Bank foundation accounts at, 366–69, 374

FATF and, 380, 450

FBI investigation of, 284–85

files routinely destroyed by, 118, 120

financial consulting firms hired by, 509

financial fraud indictments of, 414–15

Francis’s reform of, 503, 504, 505, 509–13

Franssu as president of, 511–12

Freyberg as president of, 493, 504

global financial recession and, 438

Gotti Tedeschi as head of, 442, 443, 445, 446, 448, 449–50, 455, 456, 472–73, 474–75

illegal profits made by, 208–9

as independent from Prefecture, 184

internal documents released by, 344

investment function stripped from, 512

Italian election slush fund of, 153

Italian investigation into, 286, 344–45, 374–77

Italian investments of, 157–58, 160, 171, 176, 177, 179–80, 181–82, 187–88

John Paul II and, 510–11

letters of patronage given to Calvi by, 319, 321, 323, 324, 327, 328, 330, 331, 339, 344, 348

loans made by, 325, 326, 327, 347, 350, 379–80

looted Croatian gold deposited in, 140, 387, 391

Lumen Christi account in, 379–80

Mafia and, 382, 468, 600n

Marcinkus as head of, 197–201, 249–50, 257, 258, 260, 261, 286, 325, 339, 342, 347, 354–56, 369–70, 377, 440

Marcinkus’s appointment to, 194–95

Mennini as responsible for day–to–day operations of, 355–56

money laundering by, 182n–83n, 375–77, 382, 414, 442n, 468, 480, 505–7

money laundering investigation into, 449, 453

Moneyval reviews of, 450, 457, 484–85, 487, 508–9

Nazi cash and gold deposited in, 138, 139, 384, 388, 392, 423, 426, 449n, 482

as offshore bank, 339, 507

Philadelphia Diocese reimbursed by, 282–83

Pioppo as chief cleric of, 430

political bribes paid by, 440

poor image of, 397, 414

postwar economy and, 155

press and, 381, 448–49

profits of, 378

real estate holdings of, 416

Reichsbank and, 119

Revisuisse auditors of, 378

as safe haven for capital, 118

SEC and, 208–9

secrecy of, 444

as separate department, 378

Sindona and, 170, 171, 172, 177, 196, 225, 227, 228, 231–32, 233, 258, 260, 290, 298–99, 301, 351, 440

stock portfolio of, 416

internal documents stolen from, 439, 440

supervisory panel of laymen at, 362–63, 442

systemic problems of, 343–44

as tax haven, 439

in World War II, 120–29, 384

Vatican City, 33, 48, 100, 104, 108, 114, 117, 149, 152, 184, 187, 191, 192, 234, 309, 335n, 345n, 348, 363, 449, 451, 456, 458, 459, 485, 512–13, 558n, 565n, 578n, 632n, 658n, 665n, 667n

budget of, 232, 234, 342–343, 353

credit card crisis in, 488–90

disrepair of, 46

expansion of, 35, 53–54, 548n

Lateran Pacts and, 48

Marcinkus as chief administrator of, 310–11

Pius X’s expansion of, 35–36

Pius XI’s rebuilding of, 53–54

prison of, 548n

size, 48

Vatican Connection, The (Hammer), 335, 337, 617n

Vatican Empire, The (Lo Bello), 612n

Vatican Exposed, The (Williams), 600n

Vatican Library, 44, 58

Vatican Museum, 54, 156

Vaticano S.p.A. (Nuzzi), 439–40

Vatican Radio, 256, 267, 488, 504, 568n

Vatileaks scandal, 467–71, 472, 473–74, 475, 478–79, 480, 483, 491, 492

Gabriele trial in, 485–86

inept Vatican response to, 469

Venice, Italy, 206, 208, 597n

Vetco Offshore Industries, 208–9

Via col vento in Vaticano (Gone with the Wind in the Vatican; Marinelli), 463

Vianini, 343, 348

Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy, 70, 99, 200n

Vietnam War, 200, 264, 587n

Viganò, Carlo Maria, 451, 455n, 469, 474, 577n

Benedict XVI and, 458–59, 460

Bertone’s exile of, 458, 460

reform efforts of, 467–68

Villot, Cardinal Jean-Marie, 249, 251, 253, 254, 255–56, 258, 264–73, 276, 633n, 634n

Vincenza Taffarel, Sister, 265, 267, 269, 270, 273n, 632n, 633n

Vittor, Silvano, 3, 4

Volpi di Misurata, Giuseppe, 50–51, 56, 90, 127–28, 158, 159, 547n, 577n–81n, 583n, 620n

aristocratic lifestyle, 578n

arrest by SS of, 129

competing with Germans for wartime business, 124

death of, 129

as Generali’s head, 122–25, 127

as Italy’s Finance Minister, 121

as Libya Governor, 121

Nogara and, 120–22, 124, 126, 128–129, 130

view of World War II Vatican-Italian business relationship, 126

Wagner, Gustav, 146–47

Wagner, Robert, 336, 337

Wagon-Lits, 121–22

Walesa, Lech, 306, 308, 310n, 646n

Wall Street, 53, 54, 58, 131, 160, 512

Wall Street Journal, 181, 204, 205, 218n, 219, 319, 442, 483

Walters, Vernon, 306–7, 310, 646n

Watergate scandal, 214, 240

Weber, Anton, 147–48

Weber, Max, 23, 539n

Weizsäcker, Ernst von, 100, 102, 103

“Why the Vatican Kept Silent on Nazi Attrocities: The Failure to Act” (Posner), xii

Wiesenthal, Simon, 339, 590n

Wiesenthal Center, 339–40, 341, 384, 385–86, 390

WikiLeaks, 408, 426, 428, 576n

Willan, Philip, 440, 666n

Williamson, Richard, 435, 685n

Wilson, William A., 307, 334–37, 655n, 659n

Marcinkus intervention of, 335–37, 349–50

Wiseguy (Pileggi), 299

Wojtyla, Karol Józef, see John Paul II, Pope

World Jewish Congress, 383, 385, 387, 389, 393, 589n, 669n

World War I, 23n, 39–43, 45, 51, 53, 55n, 63, 83, 85, 112, 113, 123, 124, 134, 164, 259, 424, 572n, 573n

Vatican finances affected by, 40, 43

World War II, xi–xiii, 76, 85–110, 111–19, 120, 134, 137, 138–39, 141, 145n, 148, 160, 164, 168, 176, 180, 221, 248, 278, 279, 307, 312, 340, 359, 373n, 385, 390, 424, 457, 540n, 552n, 553n, 561n, 566n, 572n, 576n, 581n, 586n, 589n, 600n, 605n, 616n, 620n, 671n

Benedict XVI in, 422–23

Generali and, 124

gold looted during, 130–31, 384, 387, 388, 389, 391, 392, 393

insurance companies during, 122–29

onset of, 85–86

see also Holocaust

Wyszyński, Cardinal Stefan, 275, 276, 282, 296

Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial, 104n, 393, 572n

Yallop, David, 272n–73n, 349, 635n, 639n

Yugoslavia, 87, 124, 139n, 140, 142, 143, 146n, 149, 564n, 587n

Zembrzuski, Michael, 281–82

Zitropo Holding S.A., 244, 322, 614n, 615n, 625n, 640n

and IOR loan, 625n

liquidation of, 322

Zorza, Lorenzo, 314n, 315–16, 329, 330, 644n, 649n