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Vatican spies : from the Second World War to Pope Francis /

An astonishing history of the priests and missionaries whose 'special ops' serve the Holy See and 1.3 billion Catholics worldwide. 'Officially' the Vatican has no espionage service, but does no one carry out intelligence operations on its behalf? During the Second World War and C...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Denoël, Yvonnick (Author)
Other Authors: McKay, Alan (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:Translated from the French.
Published: London : Hurst and Company, 2024.
Subjects:
Spies > Vatican City.
Espionage > Vatican City > History > 20th century.
Espionage > Vatican City > History > 21st century.
Intelligence service > Vatican City > History > 20th century.
Intelligence service > Vatican City > History > 21st century.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The spies who didn't exist
  • PACELLI
  • A crisis pope
  • Facing the Nazis: Double play and false pretences, 1940-1943
  • Under German occupation, 1943-1944
  • Rome: Open city, 1944-1947
  • No holds barred, 1949-1958
  • RONCALLI
  • Détente
  • MONTINI
  • Paul VI's torments
  • The Vatican moles
  • Octopus Dei
  • The monsignor's explosives
  • Setting the cat among the pigeons
  • The puppet master
  • The IOR changes horses
  • Paul VI's last sorrow
  • WOJTYŁA
  • The Pope who shouldn't have died
  • Wojtyła, the special operations pope
  • The theology of the gun
  • A trip to Poland
  • Three shots in Saint Peter's Square
  • Death of a banker
  • Polish crusade
  • New challenges
  • Marcinkus goes ... the corruption stays
  • Murders in the Vatican
  • Twilight wanderings
  • RATZINGER AND BERGOGLIO
  • The impossible inheritance
  • The infernal machine
  • Barack and Francis
  • China: The other Church of silence
  • A story without end
  • Conclusion.