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Vatican: the best intelligence service in the world? – Interview with David Alvarez

By Religioscope, 29 January 2003

In a well-documented and balanced book, Professor David Alvarez offers a history of Papacy and intelligence, from Napoleon to the Second World War. Religioscope has asked him a few questions.

Books by Prof. David Alvarez on spionage and the Vatican:

Spies in the Vatican: Espionage & Intrigue from Napoleon to the Holocaust, Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2002 (342 p.)

Nothing Sacred: Nazi Espionage Against the Vatican, 1939-1945 (with Robert A. Graham), London / Portland: Frank Cass, 1997 (XIV+190 p.)

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Lithuania: priests and journalists may be secret agents

By RFE / RL, 5 June 2002

The Lithuanian parliament has adopted a new version of the law on the secret service, which does not ban recruitment of high-ranking state officials, lawyers, journalists, and priests by security services. RFE/RL – 5 June 2002 – The law does ban searches of the president, a representative of the National Security and Defense Committee told Interfax […]

This news item was originally published by RFE/RL, (Un)Civil Societies, Vol. 3, No. 23, 5 June 2002. Copyright © 2002. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20036. www.rferl.org

Article on related issues: Nikolas K. Gvosdev, “Espionage and the Ecclesia”, in Journal of Church and State, Vol. 42, No. 4, Autumn 2002, pp. 803-823. – The Journal of Church and State is published by the J. M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies, Baylor University.

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