The U.S. government has (for the first time, remarkably) placed the Vatican on a “list of countries that are a potential hub for money laundering … .”  (link)  One can speculate regarding the motives of the U.S. government, but is this kind of thing consistent with a theory that the Vatican represents the succession of…

Protestants may question whether the Vatican has safely maintained the Deposit of the Faith, but the Vatican Bank claims that those who have deposited funds are safe (link). I’m probably the last person to realize that the Vatican really was a player in the banking and finance industry in Europe, which is odd since I…