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ie Origin of the Church's Temporal Riches
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Pay to h^a Christian — Whether Alive or Dead
The Church Claims the Americas
The Catholic Church Welcomes
The Rise ofBolshevism
The Vatican Invests Millions in War Industries
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Riddle of an Enigma, The Vatican Bank ',
t 1^83-84: The Unholy Holy Year
The Intangible Billions of The Catholic Church
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THE VATICAN BILLIONS
BOOKS BY AVRO MANHATTAN
Two thousand years of wealth accumulation
Currently out of print:
from Caesar to the Space Age
The Catholic Church in the 20th Century
The Vatican in World Politics
AVRO MANHATTAN
Spain and the Vatican
Catholic Power Today
The Vatican and the U.S.A. Where your treasure is, there will
your heart be also. Matthew 6:21
The Dollar and the Vatican
Religion in Russia
Religious Terror in Ireland
The Vatican in Asia
Terror Over Europe
Terror Over Yugoslavia
Vatican Imperialism in the Twentieth Century
Available from Chick Publications:
The Vatican Moscow Washington Alliance
Published by Chick Publications
P.O. Box 662, China, CA 91710
Printed in the United States of America
THE VATICAN BILLIONS
BOOKS BY AVRO MANHATTAN
Two thousand years of wealth accumulation
Currently out of print:
from Caesar to the Space Age
The Catholic Church in the 20th Century
The Vatican in World Politics
AVRO MANHATTAN
Spain and the Vatican
Catholic Power Today
The Vatican and the U.S.A. Where your treasure is, there will
your heart be also. Matthew 6:21
The Dollar and the Vatican
Religion in Russia
Religious Terror in Ireland
The Vatican in Asia
Terror Over Europe
Terror Over Yugoslavia
Vatican Imperialism in the Twentieth Century
Available from Chick Publications:
The Vatican Moscow Washington Alliance
Published by Chick Publications
P.O. Box 662, China, CA 91710
Printed in the United States of America
CONTENTS
Preface Page 15
Copyright © Avro Manhattan 1983
Chapter 1 17
THE HISTORICAL GENESIS OF THE VATICAN'S
ACCUMULATION OF WEALTH
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be Historical genesis of the Vatican's accumulation of
reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in wealth — The splitting of Christianity accelerated by its
any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical,
policy of acquisition of temporal riches — Christianity ex -
photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior
propriates all rival religions — How the Apostolic tradi-
permission of the Copyright owner.
tion of poverty was abandoned.
Chapter 2 23
THE ORIGIN OF THE CHURCH'S TEMPORAL RICHES
The cult of the Blessed Peter — Sale of the filings from
his iron chains — King Canute goes to Rome — Origin of
the wealth of the church — The Turnkey of Heaven
writes a letter in gold — St. Peter's Throne — Birth of the
Papal States — Thepontiffs become kings.
Chapter 3 32
Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 83-72654 THE CHURCH AS THE INHERITOR OF THE FORMER
ROMAN EMPIRE
She claims the ownership of all the territories of the
Roman Empire — Ecclesiastical forgeries and counter-
forgeries — The Donation of Constantine and its subse-
quent profound repercussions for the West.
Chapter 4 38
THE CHURCH CLAIMS OWNERSHIP OF THE WESTERN
WORLD
Basic policy for the establishment of a universal temporal
domain of St. Peter — The Church commands secular
rulers to pay her — She claims the ownership of all
lands, with all their inhabitants and riches — She
"sub-lets most of Europe to the Kings of England, of
Germany and of France.
I.S.B.N.: 0-937958-16-6
CONTENTS
Preface Page 15
Copyright © Avro Manhattan 1983
Chapter 1 17
THE HISTORICAL GENESIS OF THE VATICAN'S
ACCUMULATION OF WEALTH
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be Historical genesis of the Vatican's accumulation of
reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in wealth — The splitting of Christianity accelerated by its
any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical,
policy of acquisition of temporal riches — Christianity ex -
photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior
propriates all rival religions — How the Apostolic tradi-
permission of the Copyright owner.
tion of poverty was abandoned.
Chapter 2 23
THE ORIGIN OF THE CHURCH'S TEMPORAL RICHES
The cult of the Blessed Peter — Sale of the filings from
his iron chains — King Canute goes to Rome — Origin of
the wealth of the church — The Turnkey of Heaven
writes a letter in gold — St. Peter's Throne — Birth of the
Papal States — Thepontiffs become kings.
Chapter 3 32
Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 83-72654 THE CHURCH AS THE INHERITOR OF THE FORMER
ROMAN EMPIRE
She claims the ownership of all the territories of the
Roman Empire — Ecclesiastical forgeries and counter-
forgeries — The Donation of Constantine and its subse-
quent profound repercussions for the West.
Chapter 4 38
THE CHURCH CLAIMS OWNERSHIP OF THE WESTERN
WORLD
Basic policy for the establishment of a universal temporal
domain of St. Peter — The Church commands secular
rulers to pay her — She claims the ownership of all
lands, with all their inhabitants and riches — She
"sub-lets most of Europe to the Kings of England, of
Germany and of France.
I.S.B.N.: 0-937958-16-6
CONTENTS CONTENTS
Chapter 5 45 Clement, Alexander and Paul as organizers of the Grand
THE CHURCH CLAIMS THE OWNERSHIP OF ALL ISLES Tour — Discounts and reductions from St. Peter — Go to
AND LANDS AS YET UNDISCOVERED heaven via Rome...but pay first!
A Pope sells Ireland to England — All Irishmen to pay Chapter 9 76
an annual tribute of one penny to the Holy See — All is- MIRACLES, PORTENTS AND WONDERS FOR SALE
lands the rightful possessions of St. Peter — The Church
Grasshoppers, caterpillars, leeches and snails excommu-
"lends" the Americas to Spain and Portugal
nicated — Florins and vermin — Too many miracles —
Chapter 6 53
The saint who had to work a miracle to stop miracles —
WHEN THE WORLD WAS ABOUT TO END - A.D. 1000 The blessed, as unending sources of money
Why the world would come to an end in the year A.D. Chapter 10 81
1000 — What caused the credence — Reaction of a terro- STOCK EXCHANGE IN INDULGENCES
rised Christendom — Believers give all their possessions
Pay for the release of a soul — Buy one million years of
the the Church. The Church becomes immensely rich —
indulgences, to avoid Hell and shorten Purgatory with
Appearance of a new monasticism based on total poverty
money — Dr. Martin defies the official seller of
— St. Francis and St. Bernard condemn the wealth of
indulgences
the Church — Heretics as a source of more wealth —
Anathemas and excommunications as means to extract Chapter 11 88
money — Denounce your neighbor to seize his property — THE CHURCH CLAIMS THE AMERICAS
Greed and corruption of the clergy
The Church "leases" the Americas to Spain, "subleases"
Chapter 7 62
part of them to Portugal — Testifying to that effect —
PAY TO BE A CHRISTIAN - WHETHER ALIVE OR DEAD The Borgia Pope completes the deal — Text of "The
Pope s Bull made to Castille, touching the New World "
The Pope who sold a million Italians for 800 ounces of
sealed in the year of Our Lord 1493
gold — Fines in the confessional — The Exeter farmers
trick — Direct and indirect church taxatlSn—The Chapter 12 95
Church's crushing burden: the tithes — The second THE ECONOMIC FACTOR BEHIND THE
best" — Deadly ecclesiastical economic stranglehold — REFORMATION
The Church claims 33 per cent of personal riches of all
Extortions, greed and rapacity — Luxury conclaues and
"dead Christians " — Collects money from lepers, beggars
papal extravaganzas — The most beautiful Pope of all —
and prostitutes.
The Borgia Pontiffwho could fill the Sistine Chapel with
Chapters 70
sacks of gold — Honours and dignities to make money —
HOLY MASS TOURISM FOR EACH GENERATION The explosion — The Church loses more than half her
immmense temporal wealth
Holy Mass Tourism for each generation — Origin of the
first Jubilee — The Pope's empty coffers prompt him to Chapter 13 103
declare the Jubilee of A.D. 1300 — Monetary considera- THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE FABULOUS
tions behind the reduction of intervals between Jubilee WEALTH OF THE SPANISH COLONIES
from 100 to 50 and then to 25 years — Popes Boniface,
The riots of Mexico City — The Bishop who wanted also
6 7
CONTENTS CONTENTS
Chapter 5 45 Clement, Alexander and Paul as organizers of the Grand
THE CHURCH CLAIMS THE OWNERSHIP OF ALL ISLES Tour — Discounts and reductions from St. Peter — Go to
AND LANDS AS YET UNDISCOVERED heaven via Rome...but pay first!
A Pope sells Ireland to England — All Irishmen to pay Chapter 9 76
an annual tribute of one penny to the Holy See — All is- MIRACLES, PORTENTS AND WONDERS FOR SALE
lands the rightful possessions of St. Peter — The Church
Grasshoppers, caterpillars, leeches and snails excommu-
"lends" the Americas to Spain and Portugal
nicated — Florins and vermin — Too many miracles —
Chapter 6 53
The saint who had to work a miracle to stop miracles —
WHEN THE WORLD WAS ABOUT TO END - A.D. 1000 The blessed, as unending sources of money
Why the world would come to an end in the year A.D. Chapter 10 81
1000 — What caused the credence — Reaction of a terro- STOCK EXCHANGE IN INDULGENCES
rised Christendom — Believers give all their possessions
Pay for the release of a soul — Buy one million years of
the the Church. The Church becomes immensely rich —
indulgences, to avoid Hell and shorten Purgatory with
Appearance of a new monasticism based on total poverty
money — Dr. Martin defies the official seller of
— St. Francis and St. Bernard condemn the wealth of
indulgences
the Church — Heretics as a source of more wealth —
Anathemas and excommunications as means to extract Chapter 11 88
money — Denounce your neighbor to seize his property — THE CHURCH CLAIMS THE AMERICAS
Greed and corruption of the clergy
The Church "leases" the Americas to Spain, "subleases"
Chapter 7 62
part of them to Portugal — Testifying to that effect —
PAY TO BE A CHRISTIAN - WHETHER ALIVE OR DEAD The Borgia Pope completes the deal — Text of "The
Pope s Bull made to Castille, touching the New World "
The Pope who sold a million Italians for 800 ounces of
sealed in the year of Our Lord 1493
gold — Fines in the confessional — The Exeter farmers
trick — Direct and indirect church taxatlSn—The Chapter 12 95
Church's crushing burden: the tithes — The second THE ECONOMIC FACTOR BEHIND THE
best" — Deadly ecclesiastical economic stranglehold — REFORMATION
The Church claims 33 per cent of personal riches of all
Extortions, greed and rapacity — Luxury conclaues and
"dead Christians " — Collects money from lepers, beggars
papal extravaganzas — The most beautiful Pope of all —
and prostitutes.
The Borgia Pontiffwho could fill the Sistine Chapel with
Chapters 70
sacks of gold — Honours and dignities to make money —
HOLY MASS TOURISM FOR EACH GENERATION The explosion — The Church loses more than half her
immmense temporal wealth
Holy Mass Tourism for each generation — Origin of the
first Jubilee — The Pope's empty coffers prompt him to Chapter 13 103
declare the Jubilee of A.D. 1300 — Monetary considera- THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE FABULOUS
tions behind the reduction of intervals between Jubilee WEALTH OF THE SPANISH COLONIES
from 100 to 50 and then to 25 years — Popes Boniface,
The riots of Mexico City — The Bishop who wanted also
6 7
CONTENTS CONTENTS
to be a businessman — Conflict between the church's Chapter 17 128
temporal revenue and that of the State — Confrontation FIRST FOUNDATIONS OF A TWENTIETH-CENTURY
between Madrid and Rome. Its significance — The CATHOLIC FINANCIAL EMPIRE
Catholic Church consolidates her economic strangle-hold
The Catholic Church invests her billion lire in real
on the Spanish-American Empire. She becomes the
estate, stocks, shares in Fascist Italy — She backs indus-
owner of half the total wealth of Central and South
trial war machinery to make quick profits — Land specu-
America
lotions in Rome and elsewhere — Causes of her spectacu-
Chapter 14 111 lar success — Her vast properties on the Iberian peninsu-
REVOLUTIONS AND THE CHURCH'S REVENUES la — Millions of acres of land
The North American, French and South American Revo- Chapter 18 134
lutions reduce the Church's wealth — The Church dis- THE TOTAL WEALTH OF THE CHURCH BEFORE AND
covers new means to make money — The invention of the DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR
"miraculous medal" — The promotion of the "greatest
Economic motivations which prompted the Catholic
miracle of the nineteenth century; Lourdes — The popes
Church to support Nazi Germany — Her general strategy
lose their temporal kingdom. The Papal State and Rome
before, during and after the Second World War — She
are taken away from them for ever
sides with Franco to keep her wealth in Spain — Holder
Chapter 15 117 of stocks and shares — Her riches in European countries
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS ONCE MORE DESPOILED — Her policy of investment in South America and the
OF HER WEALTH IN EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS U.S. — Approximate total wealth of the Catholic Church
at the beginning and at the end of the Second World War
The Church and the dawn of the Industrial Age — A new
orientation — Anti-clericalism deprives the Church of Chapter 19 140
economic influence in Europe — The Catholic Church THE VATICAN INVESTS MILLIONS IN WAR INDUS-
again becomes a billionaire in Latin America — Mexico TRIES TRANSFERS MOST OF THEM TO THE U.S.A.
expropriates all her lands — The Church's alliqflce with
The Holy See by-passes closed frontiers — The Church's
the U.S. Oil Corporation — Attempt to involve the U.S. in
interest in Italian and German war industries. Two
a war against Mexico to recover her wealth. President
witnesses: the founder of the Italian Catholic Party and
Roosevelt foils such machinations
General Mirkovich — The General who wanted to bomb
Chapter 16 122 the Vatican — Salvage from the Hitler debacle — Gold
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WELCOMES THE RISE OF for the U.S. — The Catholic Church's financial and
BOLSHEVISM economic presence in Italy — Her 500-million-dollar
Italian portfolio — 2,000 billion lire per year tax
Secret negotiations with Lenin. She plans to replace the
Orthodox Church, and prepares to administer the latter's Chapter 20 150
wealth — Failure of the Vatican-Kremlin deal — Rea- WHY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS THE RICHEST
sons which prompted the Catholic Church to side with CHURCH OF AMERICA
Fascism and with Nazism — The Lateran Treaty, or the
Basic characteristics ofHomo Americanus — Materialis-
closure of an old era and the opening of a new — Birth of
tie idealism and religious intangibility — Money for the
a new Vatican Financial Empire.
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CONTENTS CONTENTS
to be a businessman — Conflict between the church's Chapter 17 128
temporal revenue and that of the State — Confrontation FIRST FOUNDATIONS OF A TWENTIETH-CENTURY
between Madrid and Rome. Its significance — The CATHOLIC FINANCIAL EMPIRE
Catholic Church consolidates her economic strangle-hold
The Catholic Church invests her billion lire in real
on the Spanish-American Empire. She becomes the
estate, stocks, shares in Fascist Italy — She backs indus-
owner of half the total wealth of Central and South
trial war machinery to make quick profits — Land specu-
America
lotions in Rome and elsewhere — Causes of her spectacu-
Chapter 14 111 lar success — Her vast properties on the Iberian peninsu-
REVOLUTIONS AND THE CHURCH'S REVENUES la — Millions of acres of land
The North American, French and South American Revo- Chapter 18 134
lutions reduce the Church's wealth — The Church dis- THE TOTAL WEALTH OF THE CHURCH BEFORE AND
covers new means to make money — The invention of the DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR
"miraculous medal" — The promotion of the "greatest
Economic motivations which prompted the Catholic
miracle of the nineteenth century; Lourdes — The popes
Church to support Nazi Germany — Her general strategy
lose their temporal kingdom. The Papal State and Rome
before, during and after the Second World War — She
are taken away from them for ever
sides with Franco to keep her wealth in Spain — Holder
Chapter 15 117 of stocks and shares — Her riches in European countries
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS ONCE MORE DESPOILED — Her policy of investment in South America and the
OF HER WEALTH IN EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS U.S. — Approximate total wealth of the Catholic Church
at the beginning and at the end of the Second World War
The Church and the dawn of the Industrial Age — A new
orientation — Anti-clericalism deprives the Church of Chapter 19 140
economic influence in Europe — The Catholic Church THE VATICAN INVESTS MILLIONS IN WAR INDUS-
again becomes a billionaire in Latin America — Mexico TRIES TRANSFERS MOST OF THEM TO THE U.S.A.
expropriates all her lands — The Church's alliqflce with
The Holy See by-passes closed frontiers — The Church's
the U.S. Oil Corporation — Attempt to involve the U.S. in
interest in Italian and German war industries. Two
a war against Mexico to recover her wealth. President
witnesses: the founder of the Italian Catholic Party and
Roosevelt foils such machinations
General Mirkovich — The General who wanted to bomb
Chapter 16 122 the Vatican — Salvage from the Hitler debacle — Gold
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WELCOMES THE RISE OF for the U.S. — The Catholic Church's financial and
BOLSHEVISM economic presence in Italy — Her 500-million-dollar
Italian portfolio — 2,000 billion lire per year tax
Secret negotiations with Lenin. She plans to replace the
Orthodox Church, and prepares to administer the latter's Chapter 20 150
wealth — Failure of the Vatican-Kremlin deal — Rea- WHY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS THE RICHEST
sons which prompted the Catholic Church to side with CHURCH OF AMERICA
Fascism and with Nazism — The Lateran Treaty, or the
Basic characteristics ofHomo Americanus — Materialis-
closure of an old era and the opening of a new — Birth of
tie idealism and religious intangibility — Money for the
a new Vatican Financial Empire.
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