God’s Banker I 4. The Priest and the Spy

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Crooked Media

Documentary, History, True Crime, Society & Culture

4.7 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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As Pope John Paul II visits communist Poland, his defiance stuns the KGB. Behind the scenes, Calvi is financing the Pope's covert war on communism. Nicolo tracks down Francesco Pazienza, a spy who collaborated with Calvi. But then, a shocking call: “They’ve just shot the Pope!” Calvi senses danger closing in—who’s next? Friends of the Pod get early access to the entire first season of Shadow Kingdom: God's Banker before it drops for everyone else—ads included. Get early access to the full season now by joining Crooked’s Friends of the Pod at crooked.com/friends. Hear this episode in Italian by subscribing to Il Banchiere di Dio wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:50.7	The Pope is in Poland.
0:52.2	The leader of the Roman Catholic Church has returned home,
0:55.2	home to a nation that is both communist and devoutly Catholic.
0:59.1	It was a hot day in 1979 when Pope John Paul II's plane touched down on the Polish runway.
1:07.0	Half the world was monitoring the plane's itinerary on television.
1:11.2	No Pope has ever visited a communist country before.
1:14.3	It is a profound religious and political event.
1:17.2	He'd been pope only eight months, the first non-Italian pope in over 400 years.
1:23.3	And as a proud Polish citizen, he was returning to his homeland for the first time since
1:28.6	taking on the papacy. But it wasn't just a homecoming. It was an incredibly dangerous political
1:35.5	act. Most members of the Polish Communist Party Presidium had strong objections to the Pope's
1:40.5	visit, but realized there was little they could do to prevent it. Because Poland at that time was 90% Catholic, and Poles were desperate to see their beloved
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