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To: ForYourEyesOnly who wrote (4310)	3/15/1999 8:27:00 PM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 80954

The Catholic church, once all her assets have been put together, is the most formidable stockbroker in the world. The Vatican, independently of each successive pope, has been increasingly orientated towards the U.S. The Wall Street Journal said that the Vatican's financial deals in the U.S. alone were so big that very often it sold or bought gold in lots of a million or more dollars at one time. "The Vatican's treasure of solid gold has been estimated by the United Nations World Magazine to amount to several billion dollars. A large bulk of this is stored in gold ingots with the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, while banks in England and Switzerland hold the rest. But this is just a small portion of the wealth of the Vatican, which in the U.S. alone, is greater than that of the five wealthiest giant corporations of the country. When to that is added all the real estate, property, stocks and shares abroad, then the staggering accumulation of the wealth of the Catholic church becomes so formidable as to defy any rational assessment. chick.com

To: ForYourEyesOnly who wrote (4310)	3/15/1999 10:16:00 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 80954

I think it is of course quite possible that powerful interests would collude to protect their power and wealth...... I think you should add the word "collide" to the word collude. There is no way that powerful individuals all can come to agreement. There differences are what divide them and neutralized many of these conspiracies before they get carried too far. Look at the CFR... there are so many contradictory and opposing viewpoints in their own organization, it is hard to imagine some form of dictatorial power could assert itself. Regards, Ron