Guillen - The Vatican's Finances (2003)

2 Monsenor Rafael Rodriguez Guillen

INDEXOF THE VATICAN'S FINANCES

BRIEF INTRODUCTION :PERSONAGES RESPONSIBLE

FOR THE VATICAN'S FINANCES..................................................................3

INTRODUCTION TO THE VATICAN'S FINANCES......................................5

THE VATICAN'S FINANCES BRIEF INTRODUCTION................................7

COMPLEXITY OF THE VATICAN'S FINANCES.................. .............10

THE VATICAN'S BUDGETS ESTIMATED...................................................13

FINANCIAL DECLARATIONS OF THE HOLY SEE ...........................16

VATICAN STATE AND THE HISTORY OF HER RICHES...........................19

THE VATICAN'S FINANCES.........................................................................22

THE FOUNTAINS FROM WHICH THE VATICAN'S

MONIES SPRING UP.......................................................................................25

THE BANK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND GOD'S BANKERS......................28

THE DISCATERIOUS OR BIG ORGANISMS OF THE ROMAN CURIA...31

THE VATICAN'S BUSINESSES.....................................................................34

THE VATICAN'S MONEY INVESTED IN THE STOCK EXCHANGES....37THE VATICAN'S MONEY AND THE BANKS OF

NATIONAL CATHOLICISM......................................................... ...............40

MERCANTILISM IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCHES.................................. .43

THE ECONOMIC LIE OR MENTIENDI NEEDS..........................................46

PIOUS WILLS AND FOUNDATIONS IN THE VATICAN'S FINANCES...49

THE VATICAN'S COFFERS ARE ENRICHED BY TRUSTEESHIPS.........52

THE VATICAN'S FINANCES ADMINISTERED BY USA

CARDINALS AND THE OPUS DEI................................................................55

VATICAN FINANCES IN THE UNITED STATES.......................................58

AMERICAN DOLLARS AND CATHOLIC FINANCES...................................61

POPE LEON X TAXA CAMARAE..................................................................64

THE OFFERINGS AND ALMS IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCHES.............69

SIMONY: A FOUNTAIN OF REVENUE........................................................72

IDOL WORSHIP: A MONETARY FOUNDATION......................................75

ALMS: A JUICY BUSINESS....,.......................................................................78

IDOLATROUS PRACTICES: AN INEXHAUSTIBLE SOURCE

OF WEALTH....................,..............................................................................81

DAY OF THE DEAD: PROFIT OF THE LIVING............................................85

THE SALE OF INDULGENCES AND JUBILEES: INVENTIONS

TO ENRICH THE VATICAN.........................................................................88

SACRAMENTS: A GOLD MINE FOR THE POPE........................................91

PURGATORY: ANOTHER MONEY MAKING INVENTION.......................94

RELIGIOUS SERVICES SHOULD NOT BE CHARGED FOR MONEY......98

THE DIOCESE OF SEVILLE: A FOUNTAIN OF WEALTH TO ROME.... 101THE SALE OF BISHOPS AND CARDINALS: SACRED

PROFIT OF THE POPE..................................................................................104

CATHOLIC ASSOCIATIONS RETABLE TO THE VATICAN.................107

THE ECCLESIASTICAL TRIBUNALS AND THEIR

LUCRATIVE FINANCES..............................................................................110

THE CANONIZATION OF SAINTS: A JUICY BUSINESS.........................113

CONCLUSION..............................................................................................116

THE VATICAN'S FINANCES

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BRIEF INTRODUCTION

PERSONAGES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE

VATICAN'S FINANCES

The Roman Curia and its ambitious personages, who were

all very experienced and versed in the administration of the

Vatican, have transformed Vatican State into the biggest

commercial and business empire of the whole world. Here

are the personages who take part in the Vatican's financial

dealings, many of whom still live;

1. The Irish Father John Magee. (Representing the dreaded

National Catholicism of Ireland, a church of fanatical

Catholics who have been waging war against Protestants

for centuries).

2. Father Pasquale Macchi. Secretary of Paul VI, and asinister personage in the Vatican's finances.3. Cardinal Jean Villot. The Vatican's secretary of State,

and responsible for opening the door to the K.G.B.4. Cardinal Agostino Casaroli. The Kissinger of theVatican and of the oust politic, who exercised severalmoments of political intervention in the governments of Europe and of the world.

5. Carinal Franz Konig. Archbishop of Viena, mediator of communism, and council spokesman.6. Cardinal John Cody. Archbishop of Chicago. A corruptpersonage in the Church (Catholic) of the united states,friend of Vatican bank/bishop Paul Marcinkus, and, withMarcinkus, implicated as the thieves of the millions whichdisappeared from the Vatican's Bank Ambrosiano.7. Bishop Paul Marcinkus, banker extraordinary and verygood friend of Papa John Paul II, and responsible for thetrips and non Sancta (unholy) life of the Roman Curia,including the Pope's.

8. Michele Sindona. Financial wizard and friend of PopePaul VI. At present incarcerated in the NJ Penitentiary forhis illicit mismanagement or mishandling of the money,9. Cardinal Sebastiano Baggio. The administrative