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In reply to the discussion: Pope: Who am I to judge gay people? [View all]visca
(2 posts)Actually he's probably referring to the Masonic Lodge called
Propaganda Due or P2 for short.
A partial list of members included the heads of the Italian secret services, 195 officers of the different armed forces (12 generals of the Carabinieri, 5 of the financial police Guardia di Finanza, 22 of the army, 4 of the air force and 8 admirals), as well as 44 members of parliament, 3 ministers and a secretary of a political party, leading magistrates, a few prefects and heads of police, bankers and businessmen, civil servants, journalists and broadcasters.
While a full membership list was never discovered (including the original 1,000 members) it included foreign members such as generals & admirals in the Argentine and Uruguayan dictatorships involved in the 'dirty wars' in their countries, and high ranking officials in the Vatican.
P2 also worked very closely with the various Calabrian and Sicilian organized crime units, ditto the CIA. Top Vatican Bank positions were also held by P2 members (who helped launder the money to Ollie North's Contras and which this Pope has been tasked with cleaning up).
It also included an Italian most have probably heard of - Silvio
Berlusconi. The P2 lodge may still exist under a different name but it was very active & influential as such, at least, thru the papacy of John Paul II.