UNITED STATES
Christian Catholicism
Jerry Slevin
* Pope Francis must be looking forward to escaping the local Rome “heat” being generated by the remarkably revealing expose today (1/8/15) of Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, the Vatican Bank’s ex-head. His frank expose raises serious questions about the ex-Pope, the ex-Secretary of State, Cardinal Bertone, ex- Bank director, Carl Anderson, and even Pope Francis himself, among others. Please see Tedeschi’s surprising revelations here:
* [Catholic Herald]
* By contrast, dealing next week in the impoverished Philippines with the “safer subjects” of global warming and overpopulation may seem appealing to the pope now. Francis, who has key “Big Oil” associated advisers and donors, will likely attempt to tell millions of desperate Filipinos that the preferred solution to climatic catastrophes, plutocratic enslavement, diminishing access to food, water and arable land is to ban contraception and have larger families ! Hello?
* Francis easily “spun away” recently from the Vatican Bank mess in his innocuous interview with his gullible Argentinian biographer. She reported naively and without question that Francis assured her that he had reformed the Vatican Bank, which “is working very well”.
* How could Francis really know that if he has never even spoken with the last two heads of the Bank, as appears to be the case? How long will the media be so gullible about Pope Francis and when will they begin questioning more professionally the “Happy Talk” that the Vatican media machine manufactures 24/7?
* Tedeschi, a well regarded and experienced banker who has cleared an Italian governmental investigation, had been chairman of the Vatican Bank from 2009 to 2012. He had been terminated by Vatican Bank directors reportedly lead by former staffer for US President Reagan, Carl Anderson.
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