Introduction
Part One – The Church and Power
Chapter 1 Structures and Power Base
The State of Vatican City
Hierarchy and Authority
Bureaucracy
Power and Religion
Early History
Miracles
The Power of Sin
Conclusion
Chapter 2 Truth and the Policing of Thought
The Galileo Affair
Censorship
Truth and Freedom of Speech
Lies in the Battle Against Condoms
Conclusion
Chapter 3 Corruption
Personal Corruption
Institutional Corruption
Conclusion
Chapter 4 Holy Violence
The Papal States
Papal Wars
Crusades
Evangelising
Combating Heresy: the Holy Inquisition
Witches
Colonialism
Modern Attitude to Colonialism and Slavery
Missionaries
Croatia
Conclusion
Part Two – The Church and the Jews
Chapter 5 A History of Anti-Semitism
The Church Fathers Speak
Repressive Laws
Ghettos
Attempts to Convert
Expulsion and Murder
The Holy Inquisition
Book Burning
Blood Libel
Rejection of Zionism
Catholic Media
Chapter 6 The Holocaust
Hitler’s Rise to Power
Mit Brennender Sorge
The Anschluss
Anti-Jewish Legislation
Humani Generis Unitas
During the War
The Final Solution
A Pro-German Church
Conclusion
Chapter 7 After the Holocaust
The Church and Nazi War Criminals
The Vatican Ratlines
Impenitent
Post-War Attitude to Zionism and to Israel
The Second Vatican Council
National Conferences
Usurping the Holocaust
We Remember
Part Three – The Church and Sex
Chapter 8 Abused by Catholic Doctrine
The Church Fathers Strike Again
Marriage and Divorce
Homosexuality
Masturbation
Contraception
The Impact of AIDS
Abortion
Conclusion
Chapter 9 Do They Practice What They Preach?
Chapter 10 Sexual Abuse
A Scandal Breaks
Episcopal Culpability
Role of Bishops Investigated
Reverence of the Law Enforcers
Legal Wrangling
Reaction of US Bishops’ Conference
Vatican Reaction
Conclusion
Conclusion
Dismantling the Structure
Notes
Appendix One
Appendix Two
Index