The courageous John-Henry Weston of LifeSiteNews has obtained leaked internal docs from the Papal Foundation which show that Pope Francis personally requested and secretly funneled a $25 million grant to the corruption-ridden Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata hospital in Rome which is on the verge of bankruptcy.
LifeSiteNews has obtained internal documents of the U.S.-based Papal Foundation, a charity with a stellar history of assisting the world’s poor, showing that last summer the Pope personally requested, and obtained in part, a $25 million grant to a corruption-plagued, Church-owned dermatological hospital in Rome accused of money laundering. Records from the financial police indicate the hospital has liabilities over one billion USD – an amount larger than the national debt of some 20 nations.
The Papal Foundation's HQ are in Philadelphia, and the Board is composed of a number of high-ranking US cardinals:
Donald Cardinal Wuerl, Chairman
Archbishop of Washington, DC
Daniel Cardinal DiNardo
Archbishop of Galveston-Houston
Timothy Cardinal Dolan
Archbishop of New York
Roger Cardinal Mahony
Archbishop Emeritus of Los Angeles
Adam Cardinal Maida
Archbishop Emeritus of Detroit
Theodore Cardinal McCarrick
Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, DC
Seán Patrick Cardinal O'Malley
Archbishop of Boston
Justin Cardinal Rigali
Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia
The foundation provides grants for seemingly benevolent purposes: rebuilding convents, rectories and seminaries. From the Life Site News article:
The wealthy American Catholic families funded the building of churches, monasteries, schools and seminaries in impoverished nations. AIDS hospices, facilities for care of youth with physical and mental disabilities, and the like have also benefited from their generosity.
Donors to the Papal Foundation are called "Stewards of St. Peter", and a list of donors may be found on p. 12 of this pdf: https://www.thepapalfoundation.org/files/4814/5671/1265/PAPAL_AR_15.Offset-Fin.pdf
POSSIBLE CONNECTION TO PIZZAGATE
Some of the charitable activities of the Papal Foundation may raise red flags with veteran pizzagaters: grants for AIDS hospices, orphanages, children's hospitals and schools, in particular, and this is certainly an avenue for more research. However, if some will remember, the tragic and heartbreaking account given by an SRA survivor on Voat a few months ago, she related this key information:
My main perpetrator, Msgr. Thomas J Benestad worked for Cardinal Krol and JP II for the Papal Foundation
http://articles.mcall.com/1988-05-06/news/2631739_1_pastoral-care-cardinal-john-krol-papal-foundation
This was Krol's funeral mass, it was televised and the good Msgr helped to cover the body, like family members do. I wish that video was still online... https://www.google.com/search?q=Cardinal+Krol&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjI6LCRmKnZAhXjYt8KHfCGBZYQ_AUICigB&biw=1366&bih=662#imgrc=MO
A 1992 article confirms this information:
The Rev. Thomas J. Benestad, director of the Papal Foundation, Philadelphia, was recently named an honorary prelate of his holiness with the title of monsignor. A charter member of the Diocesan Finance Committee, Benestad was released by Bishop Thomas J. Welsh and appointed to the Papal Foundation by Cardinal John Krol in 1988.
MORE INVESTIGATION NEEDED
There are hints from Q that the Pope is involved in sick and evil enterprises. There seems to be a connection between the Vatican and the Red Cross and NK. Q also refers to the Pope's approval of the change to the Our Father. "P" seems to refer to the Pope:
On Dec 21, Q said:
Soros takes orders from P.
You have no idea how sick and evil these people are.
Fight, fight, fight.
On Feb. 10, Q said:
Save the best for last.
[P]
Q
We can certainly begin investigating the troubled hospital in Rome that the Pope was attempting to shore up with funds from the Papal Foundation. The operations of the Papal Foundation in third world countries are also worthy of scrutiny, and, finally, the connection between the SRA survivor and the former director of the Papal Foundation, Msgr. Thomas Benestad, demands further attention.
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carmencita ago
OK, I looked into the hospital. I do not speak Italian. BUT. I can figure things out enough to see that this Diagnostica di Laboratorio e Biologia Molecolare Clinica means Diagnostic Laboratory and Biological Molecular Clinic. This would be a good place to research if I could translate. Does anyone know how to change to English. Don't know if that is possible with this. There are other departments that I know should be researched as well.
Gilderoy ago
It sounds creepy. I wonder if it's connected to organ trafficking, the migrants and the slave markets in Libya. Pope Francis, as we know, is the world's foremost advocate of migrants and open borders.
KnightsofHubris ago
Why would a Molecular Biology Clinic and Diagnostic Laboratory sound creepy to you?
Have you never been to the doctor's? You've never had lab work done? Or diagnostics?
A Molecular Biology Clinic in hospital that deals with and researches skin cancer
Really?
Gilderoy ago
I think it's very fair to question why the Pope is so personally invested in keeping this hospital afloat. A perfectly fair question. Also, given that an SRA victim has come forward and said that her perpetrator was the Director of the Papal Foundation raises many other questions as well. I appreciate your skepticism, but I have made no claims or allegations; I have just said that the issue warrants further investigation.
KnightsofHubris ago
Based on the few minutes I spent looking at it, it's considered to be one of Europe's better hospitals. I would also think there would be a big disurption in terms of people losing their jobs.
And when was that? Are you jumbling things across decades?
Gilderoy ago
It's a claim that demands immediate and serious investigation and requires us to be aware that the individual in question, Msgr Benestad, may not be the fluffy financial administrator he seems to be.
KnightsofHubris ago
You've gone far, far beyond "he individual in question, Msgr Benestad," have you not? He's not even mentioned until far down in your post.
First you say that there's a scandal with the Papal Foundation and it has rocked the Catholic Church. Then you imply there's more to it.
Reading the article this is a controversy that is limited to this foundation, some of the stewards were against this and one person resigned. That is hardly a scandal that is rocking the Catholic Church. The embezzlement and massive debt at the IDI hospital are indeed a scandal and people have been arrested.
Is the pope coming in after the Hospital Scandal and trying to keep the hospital open is a scandal? I'm not convinced.
It certainly is controversial within this foundation and some of the donor's to the foundation don't like it, but it's really limited to this foundation. The reforms the foundation is proposing in the leaked documents due this controversy seems reasonable to me. Even the leaked letter from the Chairman of the Audit Committee is measured. Here's how he signs off on his letter.
He is not even arguing theft or embezzlement. He sees red flags and is worried about throwing good money after bad.
So what does this have to do with pizzagate? Nothing.
What does this have to do with Msgr Benestad? Nothing. He left this foundation in 2002 according a posting on the SNAP forums.
So is it just the allegations from Q?
So the concern about the grant is really not relevant at all is it? It's just a McGuffin isn't it? It wouldn't matter to you if all the stewards signed off on a grant. It's just the excuse to try and claim the pope is up to something sick and evil.
Gilderoy ago
Thanks for your critique. It's very helpful.
carmencita ago
:)