Vatican Spies: From the Second World War to Pope Francis

Vatican Spies: From the Second World War to Pope Francis - Hardcover

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Vatican Spies: From the Second World War to Pope Francis - Hardcover

Vatican Spies: From the Second World War to Pope Francis - Hardcover

by Yvonnick Denoël
$37.78
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by Yvonnick Denoël (Author)

"Officially" the Vatican has no espionage service; but does no one carry out intelligence operations on its behalf? During the Second World War and Cold War, Rome was teeming with spies. A band of undercover monsignors and priests hunted for Vatican "moles", led clandestine diplomacy, investigated assassinations of priests and other scandals threatening the Church, and conducted high-risk missions behind the Iron Curtain.

Drawing on freshly released archives of foreign services that worked with or against the Holy See, Vatican Spies reveals eighty years of shadow wars and dirty tricks. These include infiltrating Russian-speaking priests into the Soviet Union; secret negotiations between John XXIII and Khrushchev; the future Paul VI"s close relationship with the CIA; the Vatican's infiltration by Eastern Bloc intelligence; the battles between the Jesuits and Opus Dei; and the secret bank funds channeled first to fight communism in South America, then to support Solidarity in Poland.

This entertaining book journeys right to the present, uncovering startling machinations under Benedict XVI and, today, Pope Francis.

Author Biography

Yvonnick Denoël is a French historian, publisher and intelligence specialist who has written on the CIA, Mossad, and espionage in the twentieth century. Vatican Spies has been translated into German, Italian, Polish, Turkish, Estonian and Vietnamese.

Number of Pages: 384
Dimensions: 1.21 x 9.43 x 6.46 IN
Publication Date: February 03, 2025
ISBN9781911723400
Author Yvonnick Denoël
PublisherHurst & Co.
GenreNews & politics, Religion & spirituality, and History
FormatHardcover
PublishedFebruary 2025
LanguageENG- English
Pages384
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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