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The St. Gallen Mafia
Exposing the Secret Reformist Group Within the Church
Julia Meloni
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The St. Gallen Mafia
Exposing the Secret Reformist Group Within the Church
Julia Meloni
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In the mid-1990s, a clandestine group of high-ranking churchmen began gathering in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Opposed to Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the circle plotted a revolution in stealth.
By 2015, their secret ached to be told. Before an audience, Cardinal Godfried Danneels joked of being a part of a "mafia." But as explosive as Danneels's confession was, a thick cloud of mystery still enshrouds the St. Gallen mafia.
In this compelling book, Julia Meloni pieces together the eerie trail of confessional evidence about the St. Gallen group. Copiously researched and grippingly narrated, The St. Gallen Mafia sheds light on the following:
- The mysteries of the 2005 conclave, where mafia members grew divided over a plan to back Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as pope.
- The war against Benedict XVI by the mafia's Cardinal Achille Silvestrini - and the mysterious "confessions" believed to be linked to him.
- The enigmatic, complicated relationship between the mafia's Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini and Benedict XVI.
- The mafia writings that presaged a new Francis - and the 2013 conclave that elected him.
- Martini's enduring role as an "ante-pope" - a "precursor" for Pope Francis.
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Dark Horse
âI can still remember walking in, and it looked absolutely magnificent in the Sistine Chapel,â he said. âThe wonderful frescoes of Michelangelo. The Last Judgment on the altar.â1
He was reminiscing about the 2005 conclave before the 2013 papal election. Over and over again in interviews, he told the story of how âsomberâ and âdramaticâ it was to choose a pope beneath the gaze of Christ in The Last Judgment.2
Later, letting you in on the secret, heâd explain how every cardinal at a conclave keeps a papal name up his sleeveâjust in case.3 Then the old cardinalâwho had said, as a three-year-old, that he wanted to be a doctor or the popeârevealed his own names at the 2005 conclave: Adrian and Gregory.4
âAnd once I woke up in the middle of the night and I thought, what about Cormac the First!â he added.5
He was eminently likeable, with glasses and a laugh that made you feel comfortable. He was too old to vote in the 2013 papal election, but the work of a conclaveâhe liked to sayâis done before the cardinals go in.6
He was the mafiaâs Cormac Murphy-OâConnor, and he was the kingmaker.
* * *
On March 1, 2013, Murphy-OâConnor dined with Bergoglio, the conclaveâs dark horse.7
âDuring the pre-conclave period, a steady stream of papal electors were seen visiting the cardinal in his Roman home, the Venerable English College,â The Tablet said of Murphy-OâConnor. âOne of those was ⊠Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, who, it is understood, had supper with the English cardinal at La Pollarola restaurant.â8
There, over risotto and wine, Murphy-OâConnor and Bergoglio discussed âthe sort of person [they] felt the cardinals should elect.â9
âWe both agreed that [the Church] needed something different,â Murphy-OâConnor later recalled. âHowâs the Church going to be led by Peter, and whoâs he going to be?â10
According to Murphy-OâConnorâs memoir, he did not, at that dinner, âraise the issueâ of Bergoglio being a candidate.11 Yet Murphy-OâConnor did ultimately conclude from that meeting that Bergoglio âcould be pope.â12
A day after that dinnerâon March 2âthe Italian papers quoted an anonymous cardinal as saying, âFour years of Bergoglio would be enough to change things.â13 Murphy-OâConnor would later repeat that exact slogan, adding, âBut pray to God we have him for much longer than that.â14
âFour years of Bergoglio would be enough to change things.â Like an eerie chorus, it followed the dark horseâs candidacy everywhere.
âJust beforeâ the pre-conclave meetings known as General Congregations beganâthat is, shortly before March 4âa âvery interesting and influential Italian gentlemanâ approached his friend, then cardinal Theodore McCarrick.
âHe could do it, you know,â the Italian said of Bergoglio.
âWhat could he do?â asked McCarrick.
âHe could reform the Church. If we gave him five years, he could put us back on target.â
âHeâs seventy-six.â
âYeah, five years, if he had five years the Lord working through Bergoglio in five years could make the Church over again.â15
The Italian asked McCarrick to âtalk upâ Bergoglio. McCarrick went on, at the General Congregations, to speak of finding a candidate who would reach out to the poor and be connected to Latin America.16 According to a media representative for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, âPrior to the conclave Cardinal McCarrick ⊠was touting the praises of [Bergoglio], whom he had met on his many travels.â17
Later, Austen IvereighâMurphy-OâConnorâs former press secretaryâwould speculate that the Italian was âmore likely to be a cleric than not.â18 And âif it were a cleric,â Ivereigh thought, âit would likely be [Archbishop Loris] Capovillaââthe former personal secretary to Pope John XXIII.19
And later it would emerge that McCarrickâwho would be laicized in 2019 for sexual abuseâhad a mysterious connection to St. Gallen. According to a victim, McCarrick traveled there âon a regular basisâon a yearly basisâprobably for twenty years.â20
Eerily, St. Gallen was emerging as a hidden center of gravity for the conclave. In 2005, mafia members at the conclave had sent back a postcard to another member saying, âWe are here in the spirit of Sankt Gallen.â21 Now, that spirit rose up like an invisible hand guiding the selection of the next pope.
* * *
âNobody thought of him,â Murphy-OâConnor said of Bergoglio, with regard to the 2013 papal election. âAnd then, suddenly, a number of cardinals started rooting for him.â22
âAt the conclave,â Murphy-OâConnor continued, âyou have the official meetings of all the cardinals. But then outside, you meet secretly with the cardinals, at dinners, behind closed doors, and discuss the candidates. So by the time you actually go into conclave, thereâs already a number of votes for a particular person.â23
By March 5, Murphy-OâConnor was promoting Bergoglio at a dinner at the Pontifical North American Collegeâs Red Room. The name âdidnât catch fire that night,â says Ivereigh, noting that one American cardinal âwas worried about Bergoglioâs age.â24
By March 7, Murphy-OâConnor was co-hosting a private gathering of cardinals with the United Kingdomâs ambassador to the Holy See. âMore than one of [the cardinals] brought up Bergoglioâs name,â says vaticanista Gerard OâConnell.25
By March 10, Bergoglio was telling a Canadian priest, âPray for me.â Asked if he was nervous, Bergoglio replied, âA little bit ⊠I donât know what my fellow cardinals are cooking up for me.â26
By the end of the General Congregations, Murphy-OâConnor was making a final push for Bergoglio. As he put it, âI remember saying ⊠Because by this time I had my eye on Bergoglio. And I said, âAge doesnât matter now, because Pope Benedict has given us an example. And so if the new pope is elderly and he canât carry on because of health, why then heâll be able to resign.â ⊠And I said, âWe might look in another continent.ââ27
According to OâConnell, Murphy-OâConnor spoke specifically of crossing to the Americasâand âmany understood he was referring to Bergoglio.â28
Later that day, the conclaveâs eve, Murphy-OâConnor made his way to the Vatican apartment of an Italian cardinal. There, a meeting of fifteen or more Bergoglio supporters, including Kasper, took place. As each cardinal affirmed his support and named other likely backers, Martiniâs former private secretary kept a tally. He counted at least twenty-five votes for Bergoglio.29
On March 12, a storm gripped Rome. Hail rained down. As the cardinals dispersed following the Mass before the conclave, Murphy-OâConnor fell into step beside Bergoglio.
âWatch out, now itâs your turn,â Murphy-OâConnor said.30
âI understand,â Bergoglio replied.
He was calm, said Murphy-OâConnor, and âwas aware that he was probably going to be a candidate going in.â31
* * *
âIt is generally thought,â says historian Henry Sire, âthat Pope Benedictâs purpose in abdicating was to bring about the succession of Cardinal [Angelo] Scola.â But according to Sire, Benedictâs plan âfailed from the start.â32
As one cardinal puts it, Benedict ingenuously believed Scola would be elected. But Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, whom Benedict had long trusted, helped thwart Scolaâs candidacy.33
On the conclaveâs first ballot, according to a leaked diary, Scola received thirty votes. But Bergoglio received almost as many: twenty-six, one more than the revolutionaries had calculated. The other votes were scattered among numerous contenders.34
Then the ballots were burnedâsending black smoke, the sign of no pope, into the Roman evening.
By the next morningâMarch 13âBergoglio had seized the lead. On the second ballot, he earned forty-five votes, against Scolaâs thirty-eight. On the third ballot, he earned fifty-six, against Scolaâs forty-one.35
Black smoke billowed out again.
Outside the conclave, some caught wind of the campaign to elect Bergoglio. CNNâs Christopher Cuomo revealed on air that he had been âoffered upâ the name of Bergoglio as âthe perfect compromise candidate.â
âAs weâre thinking about if the big names donât deliver early on and they have to look for an alternative, [an] interesting sugge...