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Pope John Paul II's 'Declaration of War'
John Paul II decided to send over 200 million euros in today's money to the Polish anti-communist group, Solidarn NOSK. He knew he had to do it secretly, because if the Russians found out it would be seen as a declaration of war. In 1981, Roberto Calvi was the CEO of Banco in Broziano, the largest private bank in Italy and owned by the Vatican. It was an open secret that Calvi was heavily involved in laundering enormous amounts of money for none other than the Sicilian Mafia.