The Vatican Exposed: Money, Murder, and the Mafia (38 page)

2. Luigi Di Fonzo, St. Peter's Banker: Michele Sindona (New York:
Franklin Watts, 1984), pp. 86-87.

3. Yallop, In God's Name, p. 125.

4. Ibid., p. 126.

5. Di Fonzo, St. Peter's Banker, p. 87; see also Malachi Martin, Rich
Church, Poor Church (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1984), p. 65.

6. Di Fonzo, St. Peter's Banker, p. 87.

7. Nick Tosches, Power on Earth: Michele Sindona's Explosive Story
(New York: Arbor House, 1986), pp. 113-14.

8. Di Fonzo, St. Peter's Banker, p. 10.

9. Ibid., p. 261.

10. Ibid.

11. Ibid., pp. 109-10.

12. Yallop, In God's Name, p. 126.

13. Rupert Cornwell, God's Banker: An Account of the Life and Death
of Roberto Calvi (London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1984), pp. 60-61; see also
Yallop, In God's Name, p. 127.

14. Di Fonzo, St. Peter's Banker, p. 88.

15. Yallop, In God's Name, p. 127.

16. Ibid., pp. 174-75.

17. Di Fonzo, St. Peter's Banker, p. 88.

18. Yallop, In God's Name, p. 128.

19. Carlo Bordoni, quoted in ibid.

20. Ibid., p. 129.

21. Department of State confidential memo, "Sindona," issue date:
June 25, 1974, declassified: October 7, 1998; Department of the Treasury
confidential memo, issue date: July 25, 1979, declassified: July 23, 1993; see
also Tosches, Power on Earth, p. 138.

CHAPTER 13

1. Federal Bureau of Investigation confidential file (58-7146), "Vito
Genovese," declassified: January 12, 2001; see also Richard Hammer, The
Vatican Connection (New York: Charter Books, 1982), pp. 40-41.

2. Hammer, Vatican Connection, p. 41.

3. Ibid., p. 212.

4. Ibid., p. 216.

5. Ibid., pp. 217-18.

6. Sindona offered this insight to a fellow prisoner and confidential
informant at the federal penitentiary in Otisville, New York.

7. Ibid.

8. Hammer, Vatican Connection, pp. 224-25.

9. Ibid.

10. Ibid., p. 227.

11. Ibid., p. 225.

12. Ibid., pp. 229-32.

13. David Yallop, In God's Name: An Investigation into the Murder of
Pope John Paul I (New York: Bantam Books, 1984), p. 42.

14. Ibid.

15. Interview with Marcinkus contained in Yallop, In God's Name, pp.
45-46.

16. Ibid., pp. 46-47.

17. Hammer, Vatican Connection, pp. 300-302.

18. William Arnowald's statement in Yallop, In God's Name, p. 49.

CHAPTER 14

1. David Yallop, In God's Name: An Investigation into the Murder of
Pope John Paul I (New York: Bantam Books, 1984), p. 137.

2. Ibid., p. 139.

3. Malachi Martin, Rich Church, Poor Church (New York: G. P.
Putnam's Sons, 1984), p. 67.

4. Richard Hammer, The Vatican Connection (New York: Charter
Books, 1982), p. 266.

5. Ibid., pp. 266-67.

6. Claire Sterling, Octopus: The Long Reach of the International
Sicilian Mafia (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990), p. 192.

7. Ibid., p. 193.

8. Luigi Di Fonzo, St. Peter's Banker: Michele Sindona (New York:
Franklin Watts, 1983), p. 152.

9. Yallop, In God's Name, p. 147.

10. Ibid., p. 148.

11. Nino Gambino, quoted in Sterling, Octopus, p. 191.

12. Hammer, Vatican Connection, p. 267.

13. Di Fonzo, St. Peter's Banker, pp. 224-25.

14. Ibid., p. 238.

15. Sterling, Octopus, p. 191.

16. Yallop, In God's Name, p. 149.

17. Ibid.

18. Di Fonzo, St. Peter's Banker, p. 213.

19. Malachi Martin, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Church (New
York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1981), p. 278.

20. Yallop, In God's Name, p. 142.

21. Ibid.

CHAPTER 15

1. John Cooney, The American Pope: The Life and Times of Francis
Cardinal Spellman (New York: Times Books, 1984), p. 281; see also, FBI file
and CIA confidential memorandum, "Francis Cardinal Spellman," issue date:
June 6, 1963, declassified: February 5, 1980; CIA secret report, issue date:
November 6, 1964, declassified: July 8, 1976; Department of Defense top
secret report, issue date: September 6, 1966, declassified: September 7, 1978.

2. Spellman's reflections as told to John Cardinal O'Connor, from
Cardinal O'Connor conversation with author, 1983.

3. Paolo Panerai, "Your Holiness, Is It Right?" an open letter in Il
Mondo, August 31, 1978.

4. John Paul I, quoted in David Yallop, In God's Name: An Investigation into the Murder of Pope John Paul I (New York: Bantam Books,
1984), p. 88.

5. Ibid., p. 154.

6. Rupert Cornwell, God's Banker: An Account of the Life and Death
of Roberto Calvi (London: Victor Gollancz, 1984), pp. 96-97.

7. Yallop, In God's Name, pp. 176-77.

8. Ibid.

9. Nick Tosches, Power on Earth: Michele Sindona's Explosive Story
(New York, Arbor House, 1986), p. 195.

10. Avro Manhattan, Murder in the Vatican (Springfield, Mo.: Ozark
Books, 1985), p. 134.

11. John Paul I, quoted in Yallop, In God's Name, p. 201.

12. Ibid., p. 209.

13. Ibid., p. 211; see also Department of State confidential memo,
issue date: December 11, 1978, declassified: August 17, 1998; CIA official
use file, issue date: January 7, 1979, declassified: February 8, 1988.

14. Yallop, In God's Name, pp. 212-13.

15. Ibid.

16. Manhattan, Murder in the Vatican, p. 155.

17. Yallop, In God's Name, p. 219.

18. Manhattan, Murder in the Vatican, p. 156.

19. Yallop, In God's Name, p. 220.

20. Dr. Buzzonetti's pronouncement appeared in the official Vatican
press release of the Pope's death.

21. Yallop, In God's Name, p. 222.

22. Ibid.

23. Manhattan, Murder in the Vatican, p. 158.

24. Ibid., p. 221.

25. Ibid.

26. Carlo Po, "Why Say No to an Autopsy?" Corriere della Sera
(October 1, 1978).

27. Dr. Carlo Frizzerio, Venice physician's letter, reproduced in Yallop,
In God's Name, p. 248.

28. Yallop, In God's Name, p. 248.

29. Ibid., p. 244.

30. Manhattan, Murder in the Vatican, p. 171.

31. Yallop, In God's Name, p. 239.

CHAPTER 16

1. Avro Manhattan, Murder in the Vatican (Springfield, Mo.: Ozark
Books, 1985), pp. 215-16.

2. Licio Gelli, quoted in David Yallop, In God's Name: An Investigation into the Murder of Pope John Paul I (New York: Bantam Books, 1984),
pp. 319-20.

3. Carl Bernstein and Marco Politi, His Holiness: John Paul I and the
History of Our Time (New York: Penguin Books, 1996), pp. 35-40.

4. Manhattan, Murder in the Vatican, p. 216.

5. Ibid.

6. Rupert Cornwell, God's Banker: An Account of the Life and Death
of Roberto Calvi (London: Victor Gallancz Ltd., 1984), pp. 208-209.

7. Malachi Martin, Rich Church, Poor Church (New York: G. P.
Putnam's Sons, 1984), pp. 68-69; see also Paul L. Williams, Everything You
Always Wanted to Know about the Catholic Church But Were Afraid to Ask
for Fear of Excommunication (New York: Doubleday, 1990), pp. 263-64.

8. Yallop, In God's Name, p. 287.

9. Ibid.

10. Ibid., p. 289.

11. Cornwell, God's Banker, p. 126.

12. Yallop, In God's Name, p. 311.

13. Letter of patronage, reproduced in Cornwell, God's Banker, p. 250.

14. Yallop, In God's Name, p. 294.

15. Nick Tosches, Power on Earth: Michele Sindona's Explosive Story
(New York: Arbor Books, 1986), pp. 247-48.

16. Letter from Milanese shareholders to Pope John Paul II, quoted in
Yallop, In God's Name, pp. 296-97.

17. Cornwell, God's Banker, p. 175.

18. Calvi's petition to the Vatican, quoted in Yallop, In God's Name, p. 299.

19. Calvi's words to his son Nino, as quoted in Manhattan, Murder in
the Vatican, p. 256.

20. Cornwell, God's Banker, p. 198.

21. "New Tests Say Calvi Was Murdered," BBC News, April 19, 2002.

CHAPTER 17

1. Nick Tosches, Power on Earth: Michele Sindona's Explosive Story
(New York: Arbor House, 1988), p. 246.

2. Beniamino Andreatta, quoted in ibid.

3. Malachi Martin, Rich Church, Poor Church (New York: G. P.
Putnam's Sons, 1984), p. 71.

4. David Yallop, In God's Name: An Investigation into the Murder of
John Paul I (New York: Bantam Books, 1994), p. 305.

5. Laura Colby, "Vatican Bank Played a Central Role in Fall of Banco
Ambrosiano," Wall Street Journal, April 27, 1987, p. 1.

6. Martin, Rich Church, Poor Church, p. 75; see also Paul L. Williams,
Everything You Always Wanted to Know about the Catholic Church But Were
Afraid to Ask for Fear of Excommunication (New York: Doubleday, 1990),
p. 265.

7. Wilton Wynn, Keeper of the Keys: John XXIII, Paul VI, and John
Paul II-Three Who Changed the Church (New York: Random House,
1988), p. 172.

8. Avro Manhattan, Murder in the Vatican (Springfield, Mo.: Ozark
Books, 1985), pp. 267-69.

9. Skolnick Report, January 28, 2002; see also White House confidential memo, "Marcinkus," issue date: July 25, 1979, declassified: July 23,
1993.

10. Yallop, In God's Name, p. 312.

11. Calvi's taped conversation with Carboni, quoted in ibid., p. 312;
see also Central Intelligence Agency official use file, "Vatican Bank, Calvi,"
issue date: October 1, 1986, no declassification date.

12. Fred F. Fielding's reply to Sindona, quoted in Tosches, Power on
Earth, p. 254.

13. Tosches, Power on Earth, p. 255.

14. Sindona's last words, quoted in ibid., p. 277.

15. Associated Press, International News, "Justice Minister Quits in
Scandal over Masonic Lodge," PM cycle, May 23, 1981.

16. BBC News World Service, "Report on Calvi Autopsy Returns Spotlight to Vatican Bank Scandal," October 16, 1998.

17. Ibid.

CHAPTER 18

1. Richard Behar, "Washing Money in the Holy See," Fortune,
August 1999 [online], http://www.business2.com/articles/mag/print/
0,1653,5355,FF.html.

2. Ibid.

3. Details recorded in a federal lawsuit against the Vatican, filed by the
Mississippi Department of Insurance et al. in the U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of Mississippi, Jackson Division.

4. Frankel's letter, quoted in Behar, "Washing Money in the Holy See."

5. Mark Morris, "Missouri Regulators Sue Vatican," Kansas City Star,
May 11, 2002, p. 1.

6. Monsignor Emilio Colagiovanni, quoted in Behar, "Washing
Money in the Holy See."

7. Ibid.

8. Ibid.

9. Ibid.

10. Ibid.

11. "Frankel Played Benefactor to a Gaggle of Women," Court TV,
July 13, 1999.

12. Ibid.

13. Ibid.

14. Rachel Bell, "Martin Frankel: Sex, Greed, and $200 Million Fraud,"
in The Crime Library (New York: Dark Horse, 2002), p. 180.

15. Ibid., p. 185.

16. Frankel, quoted in "Rogue U.S. Financier Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion," Court TV, June 16, 2000.

17. Behar, "Washing Money in the Holy See."

CHAPTER 19

1. Richard Behar, "Washing Money in the Holy See," Fortune,
August 1999 [online], http://www.business2.com/articles/mag/print/
0,1653,5355.FF.htm1.

2. Ibid.

3. Jason Berry, Lead Us Not Into Temptation: Catholic Priests and Sexual
Abuse of Children (Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2000), pp. 34-66.

4. CBS News, "Catholic Sex Scandal," April 23, 2002.

5. Ibid.

6. Berry, Lead Us Not into Temptation, p. 45.

7. CBS News, "Catholic Sex Scandal."

8. Fr. Andrew Greeley, prologue to Berry, Lead Us Not into Temptation, pp. vii-xii.

9. "As Scandal Keeps Growing, Church and Its Faithful Reel," World
Wide News, April 2002.

10. Ibid.

11. Ibid.

12. Roderick MacLeish Jr., quoted in William C. Symonds, "The Economic Strain on the Church," Business Week, April 15, 2002.

13. "As Scandal Keeps Growing."

14. Paul L. Williams, Everything You Always Wanted to Know about the
Catholic Church But Were Afraid to Ask for Fear of Excommunication (New
York: Doubleday, 1990), pp. 30-31.

15. R. Scott Appleby, quoted in Sam Dillion and Lesile Wayne, "As
Lawsuits Spread, Church Faces Questions On Finances," New York Times,
June 13, 2002, p. A36.

16. Ibid.

17. Michael Sean Quinn, quoted in ibid.

18. Erica P. John, quoted in ibid., p. Al.

19. Greeley, prologue to Berry, Lead Us Not into Temptation, p. xi.

EPILOGUE

1. Paul L. Williams, Al Qaeda: Brotherhood of Terror (New York:
Alpha, 2002), pp. 164-66.

2. Robert Young Pelton, The World's Most Dangerous Places (New
York: HarperResource, 2000), p. 147.

3. "International Crime Assessment," a report prepared for the president's International Crime Control Strategy by the FBI, the CIA, the Drug
Enforcement Administration, the U.S. Customs Service, and the U.S. Secret
Service, May 1998.

4. Ibid.

5. "Pope John Paul II Attacks Evils of Violence during a Trip to
Sicily," Catholic News Service, October 28, 1993.

6. "Vatican Bank Involved in Mafia's On-line Washing Money,"
Xinhua News Agency, October 3, 1999.

7. Ibid.

8. Michael Becket, "Gangster's Paradise," Daily Telegraph (London),
November 19, 2001, p. 31.

9. Paul VI, quoted in Malachi Martin, The Fall of the Roman Church
(New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1981), p. 281.