Vatican Assassins

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Chapter 14
The Jesuits – 1750 - 1773
Assassination of Pope Clement XIII
Suppressed by Europe’s Roman Catholic Kings and the Pope
Assassination of Pope Clement XIV and Pope John Paul I
Vatican Assassins
“When you are compelled by force to yield in laying aside the clothing
which our holy Father Ignatius required to be worn, you can still
inwardly, in your hearts, remain steadfastly united to his institution, and
await a more propitious time when you can again adopt it openly; only
take care to draw the bonds uniting you to one another more closely
together, and recollect that no human power [including the Pope] can
release you from your vows.” {1} [Emphasis added]
“Let them be as they are, or else not be!” {2}
Lorenzo Ricci, 1762
18 th Jesuit General, 1758-1775
Secret Letter to Provincials
Jesuit General Lorenzo Ricci, 1764
Response to Louis XV’s demand
for reform
“ . . . the Jesuits are the only religious order in the Church of Rome . . .
which has lain under the ban of the Pope, or which has been expelled
from any country because of its interference in politics. Hence we may
expect to find that to obtain political power forms a main feature in the
plans of the Society.” {3}
M. F. Cusack, 1896
Converted Nun of Kenmare
The Black Pope
The Jesuits – 1750 - 1773