[CTRL] book: Corruption 'rife in Vatican'
-Caveat Lector- http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=001801733226889rtmo= VZwGlxwxatmo=pg=/et/99/6/28/wvat28.html Retired prelate is accused over Vatican exposé By Bruce Johnston in Rome A BOOK which claims to expose corruption, blind ambition, cronyism and sexual shenanigans in the Vatican has enraged Church authorities, who accuse an elderly prelate of its authorship. The Roman Rota or ecclesiastical tribunal, acting on a report by someone claiming to be an injured party, alleges that Mgr Luigi Marinelli wrote Via Col Vento in Vaticano (Gone with the Wind in the Vatican), and has ordered him to appear for questioning with a lawyer. The prelate, who retired last year from the Congregation for Eastern Churches, has also been told to withdraw the book from circulation, and to halt any translations. The Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, formerly the Inquisition, is also said to have opened a case against Mgr Marinelli over the alleged violation of Vatican secrets. The name of the author appearing on copies of the book published by Kaos Edizioni of Milan is "I Millenari", meaning the Millenarians. But the Rota says that Millenari is also an anagram of "Marinelli". Mgr Marinelli, while not denying involvement, has replied that the book was clearly co-authored, and claims that he is a scapegoat. The book, which names many of those it accuses, also again questions whether the death of Pope John Paul I was natural, and discloses the back-stabbing that went on in the fight for one of the Vatican's highest posts. It talks of cartels of power in the Vatican and of one monsignor regularly locking himself in his Vatican office at night with handsome young men "to do urgent work", and of a prelate being caught at the Swiss border with suitcases stuffed with dollars. One "elderly priest" showered so many presents on influential people in Rome that he became known as "Father Christmas" until one of his beneficiaries had him made a bishop, at the age of 72. He then "squandered millions", and various items of diocesan property mortgaged by him, including the bishop's palace and cathedral, were sold. "When he died, it was discovered that he had passed them to his natural son, who had never stopped blackmailing him," the book says. © Copyright of Telegraph Group Limited 1999. - http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=001801733226889rtmo= Lib3Ghidatmo=pg=/et/99/7/15/wvat15.html Corruption 'rife in Vatican' By Bruce Johnston in Rome AN Italian prelate who co-authored a book about alleged widespread sex, power and cronyism inside the Vatican said yesterday that Satan had "entered the Church". Luigi Marinelli said he would not be attending a hearing tomorrow to answer for the book, Gone With the Wind in the Vatican, as ordered by the Sacred Roman Rota, the Holy See's highest appeals court. He told Italian state television news: "I won't be attending because I don't want to blow the matter up any further." In another interview, he said the move against him was absurd and "mistaken in method and merit". It ignored his rights under Canon Law to discuss the matter first with his superiors. The book accuses the Vatican of careerism, Freemasonry, sex and corruption. It has sold 100,000 copies since its publication in Italy in February. The Vatican's reaction has merely fuelled demand. The Vatican has taken steps to stop the pro-homosexual campaigning of a priest and a nun in America. Robert Nungent and Jeannine Gramaick have been told that they are to be punished by the Sacred Congregation of the Faith for their "ambiguous opinions". © Copyright of Telegraph Group Limited 1999. . DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] book: Corruption 'rife in Vatican'
-Caveat Lector- Malachai Martin has been saying this stuff for years!!! I'd recommend his lastest book, "Windswept House." He pretty much says that it is fiction only insofar as he changed the names of many of the characters portrayed as officials and, of course, the protagonist and his affiliates are fiction. -Original Message- From: Bill Kingsbury [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sunday, July 18, 1999 6:03 PM Subject: [CTRL] book: Corruption 'rife in Vatican' -Caveat Lector- http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=001801733226889rtmo= VZwGlxwxatmo=pg=/et/99/6/28/wvat28.html Retired prelate is accused over Vatican exposé By Bruce Johnston in Rome A BOOK which claims to expose corruption, blind ambition, cronyism and sexual shenanigans in the Vatican has enraged Church authorities, who accuse an elderly prelate of its authorship. The Roman Rota or ecclesiastical tribunal, acting on a report by someone claiming to be an injured party, alleges that Mgr Luigi Marinelli wrote Via Col Vento in Vaticano (Gone with the Wind in the Vatican), and has ordered him to appear for questioning with a lawyer. The prelate, who retired last year from the Congregation for Eastern Churches, has also been told to withdraw the book from circulation, and to halt any translations. The Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, formerly the Inquisition, is also said to have opened a case against Mgr Marinelli over the alleged violation of Vatican secrets. The name of the author appearing on copies of the book published by Kaos Edizioni of Milan is "I Millenari", meaning the Millenarians. But the Rota says that Millenari is also an anagram of "Marinelli". Mgr Marinelli, while not denying involvement, has replied that the book was clearly co-authored, and claims that he is a scapegoat. The book, which names many of those it accuses, also again questions whether the death of Pope John Paul I was natural, and discloses the back-stabbing that went on in the fight for one of the Vatican's highest posts. It talks of cartels of power in the Vatican and of one monsignor regularly locking himself in his Vatican office at night with handsome young men "to do urgent work", and of a prelate being caught at the Swiss border with suitcases stuffed with dollars. One "elderly priest" showered so many presents on influential people in Rome that he became known as "Father Christmas" until one of his beneficiaries had him made a bishop, at the age of 72. He then "squandered millions", and various items of diocesan property mortgaged by him, including the bishop's palace and cathedral, were sold. "When he died, it was discovered that he had passed them to his natural son, who had never stopped blackmailing him," the book says. © Copyright of Telegraph Group Limited 1999. - http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=001801733226889rtmo= Lib3Ghidatmo=pg=/et/99/7/15/wvat15.html Corruption 'rife in Vatican' By Bruce Johnston in Rome AN Italian prelate who co-authored a book about alleged widespread sex, power and cronyism inside the Vatican said yesterday that Satan had "entered the Church". Luigi Marinelli said he would not be attending a hearing tomorrow to answer for the book, Gone With the Wind in the Vatican, as ordered by the Sacred Roman Rota, the Holy See's highest appeals court. He told Italian state television news: "I won't be attending because I don't want to blow the matter up any further." In another interview, he said the move against him was absurd and "mistaken in method and merit". It ignored his rights under Canon Law to discuss the matter first with his superiors. The book accuses the Vatican of careerism, Freemasonry, sex and corruption. It has sold 100,000 copies since its publication in Italy in February. The Vatican's reaction has merely fuelled demand. The Vatican has taken steps to stop the pro-homosexual campaigning of a priest and a nun in America. Robert Nungent and Jeannine Gramaick have been told that they are to be punished by the Sacred Congregation of the Faith for their "ambiguous opinions". © Copyright of Telegraph Group Limited 1999. . DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTR
