it was common knowledge among resident foreign journalists that you could get a much better exchange rate for the Italian lira from your dollars or pounds by visiting the Vatican's own bank ...

Said Socialist Vice-Premier Pietro Nenni early last year: “No Socialist can take the responsibility for giving the Vatican tens of billions of lire.” Caught in the crossfire, Christian ...

In addition, Vatican Radio sent coded messages to London about POW’s and the Vatican Bank loaned needed lira to the British legation money to fund the Rome Escape Organization. Speaking to Crux ...

it was common knowledge among resident foreign journalists that you could get a much better exchange rate for the Italian lira from your dollars or pounds by visiting the Vatican's own bank ...