Washington, October 31 (RHC)-- An Italian magazine is reporting that the U.S. National Security Agency spied on internal communications at the Vatican and phone calls at the Church residence where cardinals lived during the papal conclave and Pope Francis' current home.
The weekly magazine, Panorama, reports in an issue that hit the streets on Thursday that the NSA labeled calls in and out of Vatican offices as "leadership intentions," "threats to the financial system," "foreign policy objectives," and "human rights." It says calls regarding this year's election of the new president of the Vatican Bank were also intercepted.
The magazine does not cite a source for the wiretapping allegations, but it does refer to WikiLeaks to suggest that Francis was being watched as far back as 2005 when he was the Archbishop of Buenos Aires.
The NSA has denied the magazine's accusations. One commentator said that if it's true that Washington did not spy on the Vatican, at least something is sacred.
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