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ITALY’S NEW PRIME MINISTER IS JESUIT ‘DRAGON’

by Jules Gomes • ChurchMilitant.com • February 9, 2021 39 Comments

Francis' political ploy wins him ideological ally against populism

ROME (ChurchMilitant.com) - Pope Francis and his Jesuit spin doctor Antonio Spadaro are ecstatic over the appointment of Italy's new prime minister — a Jesuit-trained economist and technocrat who shares the anti-populist and pro-European globalist ideology of the current Vatican regime.

Doctor Mario Draghi, a quasi-Messianic figure nicknamed "Super Mario" for saving the euro from collapse in 2012, will have the pontiff's strongest support as he steps into the bear pit of Italy's highly fractious domestic politics, Church Militant has learned. The 73-year-old Catholic is expected to assume office later this week after Italy's President, Sergio Mattarella, invited him to form a government of national unity following the collapse of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte's fragile coalition.

Within hours of the announcement of Draghi's nomination to the top job Wednesday, a jubilant Fr. Spadaro was showering the new Jesuit "dragon" with a tweetstorm of adulation — hailing the new incumbent as a "guarantee of solidity" — as Italian media spoke of the "real axis between the Holy See and the [Quirinal] Hill." "The figure of Draghi was the protagonist of one of the most complex phases in the recent history of Europe, and therefore his contribution was important to save the monetary union," Spadaro told Adnkronos.

'Shrewd Political Power Ploy'

The Italian commentariat remarked on how the pontiff had appointed the economist to the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (PASS) in May 2020 as a shrewd political power ploy with the almost prophetic expectation that Draghi would soon assume the reins of power. "Did Bergoglio anticipate what would happen after about six months in the Italian political scenario?" a number of Italian media outlets are asking. "Certainly, the pope opted at the time for a move that proves how much the former president of the European Central Bank (ECB) is esteemed within the Leonine walls." "It was Francis who personally wanted this new entry in the Oltretevere [across the Tiber] think tank in order to strengthen the pro-European vision and the anti-populist approach of the Church," Il Messaggero commented, calling the pope's appointment of Draghi to PASS as "halfway between a symbolic endorsement and a political move."

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Globalist Ties Bode Poorly for Italy

Italian commentator Andrea Cionci told Church Militant that "little is known of Draghi's political thought" because of his deliberately kept reserved and discreet profile, but "the fact that Draghi is a fully fledged part of the globalist system is indisputable." Cionci quoted an Italian saying: "Tell me who you are going with and I will tell you who you are," elaborating:

The fact that Draghi's appointment was greeted with skyrocketing enthusiasm from the mainstream media, from President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and, above all, sponsored by Pope Francis who, just six months ago, nominated him as — ahead of its time — a member of PASS, should alarm everyone who has critical thinking skills which go beyond the infantile narrative of "the overly competent, great connoisseur of European mechanisms who will save Italy."

Let's not forget that Francis' latest encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, constitutes a de facto declaration of war on Italy as a nation-state. From the economic, political, ethno-demographic, cultural, linguistic, religious, military and identity points of view, if all of Fratelli Tutti's contents had to be applied, after the course of 10 years no trace of Italy would remain — nothing. Therefore, the fact that Draghi is protected by Bergoglio does not foresee anything positive.

In 2013, Pope Francis granted Draghi and his family an audience. The economist, then president of the ECB (2011–2019), was prominent at a 2016 prize-giving ceremony when Francis was awarded the Charlemagne Prize for his contribution to the unity of postwar Europe.

Draghi's bond with the Vatican precedes Francis. Draghi is credited with giving the green light to Benedict XVI's 2009 encyclical Caritas in Veritate on the Church's social doctrine and commenting favorably on it in

his L'Osservatore Romano article "There is no true development without ethics."

On the eve of the last day of the pontificate of Benedict XVI, Draghi hailed the Bavarian-born pontiff for his "emphasis on ethical concerns in the economic relationships of our globalized world," in his address to the Catholic Academy in Bayern, Munich.

The Jesuit 'Red Thread'

But Draghi's most significant link with Pope Francis is through "the man who whispers in the pope's ear" — Antonio Spadaro, the Jesuit director of La Civiltà Cattolica — Italy's oldest Catholic periodical.

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Italy's bishops draw attention to suffering families in message to new prime minister

By Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Feb 15, 2021 / 08:30 am MT (CNA)

The president of the national bishops’ conference has welcomed Italy’s new government with a message to Prime Minister Mario Draghi, who was sworn in Saturday.

Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti said the bishops are sure Draghi “will want to give priority attention to the people and families most marked by suffering, precariousness and the economic crisis.”

Draghi, an economist and banker, has formed a national unity government in Italy after being called in by President Sergio Mattarella following the collapse of the previous coalition last month.

Mattarella officially appointed Draghi prime minister in a ceremony Feb. 13. The new government is a mix of technocrats and politicians.

The Italian bishops watched the developments of the political crisis with “trepidation and concern,” Bassetti stated, emphasizing the importance of unity as the country faces “the heavy, even tragic, fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic,” including “new and widespread poverty.”

Bassetti added that “the Church in Italy will be an attentive and collaborative interlocutor, as has always been the case, in respect of mutual competences.”

Earlier this month, Italy’s national statistics office Istat reported that the country’s economy shrank by an estimated 8.9% last year, its biggest contraction since the end of World War II.

With over 420,000 jobs lost from February to December 2020, the Church in Italy has warned about the increasing number of “new poor” in the country.

The John Paul II National Anti-Usury Council has identified that in Italy, 3 million households, including families and family businesses about 7.5 million individuals are insolvent, and that 350,000 families are at risk of usury, especially by criminal organizations.

There is hope that the 73-year-old Draghi, president of the European Central Bank from 2011 to 2019, can save Italy’s economy, like he saved the failing euro during the Eurozone crisis.

“Super Mario,” as some have hailed the technocrat, was also formerly president of the Bank of Italy. Last year, Pope Francis named him to an honored position at the Vatican as one of 26 ordinary academicians of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.

In his message, the president of the bishops’ conference praised the new prime minister’s emphasis on European politics “with an eye to solidarity between nations, peace, sustainable development and social justice.”

“I would like to offer you my best wishes for the important and delicate task that awaits you and the new government in such a complex phase for the history of our country, of Europe and of the whole world,” Bassetti said.

He closed the message by saying “we accompany you with prayer.”

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Bassetti added that “the Church in Italy will be an attentive and collaborative interlocutor, as has always been the case, in respect of mutual competences.”

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The Vatican ties of Italy’s new Prime Minister Mario Draghi

By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City,Feb 17, 2021/ 02:00 am MT (CNA)

Mario Draghi, an economist and retired banker, was sworn in as prime minister of Italy on Saturday, after the previous government coalition collapsed when a party pulled its support for then prime minister Giuseppe Conte.

As President Sergio Mattarella’s pick to form a new government, Draghi was an unexpected choice. But he was able to win enough support to form a new coalition, appointing a mix of technocrats and politicians to his cabinet.

Many in Italy hope that the 73-year-old Draghi, president of the European Central Bank from 2011 to 2019, can save the country’s faltering economy. He is credited with saving the failing euro during the eurozone crisis, earning him the nickname “Super Mario.”

Pope Francis signaled his approval for the economist in July 2020, when he named him as one of 26 ordinary academicians of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, which promotes the study of economic and political sciences to aid the development of the Church’s social doctrine. But Draghi, who has had private audiences and phone calls with Pope Francis, has been seen with favor from inside the Vatican for much longer.

The former banker, who described himself in 2015 as a “liberal socialist,” was featured in a November 2019 article in the Jesuit periodical La Civiltà Cattolica, which is approved by the Secretariat of State and the Holy See before publication. The article had high praise for Draghi, saying that he “emerges as a policymaker of the highest stature: to gratitude is added the hope that his way of proceeding without rhetoric, with in-depth analysis and vision, will be adopted in broader areas of both European and Italian politics.”

Fr. Antonio Spadaro, S.J., La Civiltà Cattolica’s editor-in-chief, told the Italian news agency AdnKronos in early February, before Draghi was confirmed as prime minister, that “the figure of Draghi was the protagonist of one of the most complex phases in the recent history of Europe.” Spadaro, seen to be close to Pope Francis, said that while a technocratic government was not ideal for Italy, it “could be a parenthesis intended as a moment of reflection” for the country before it returns to a political government.

Draghi’s connections to the Jesuits begin from childhood. He attended a Jesuit-run school in Rome, the Massimiliano Massimo Institute, from fourth grade through the third year of high school, an experience for which he has expressed “profound gratitude.” In a 2010 interview with Vatican Radio, he recalled “the dedication of the Jesuit fathers” and the moral standards that the school imparted.

“A message that expressed that things had to be done to the best of one’s ability, that honesty was important, but above all that we were all special in some way. Not so much because we went to Massimo but because [we were] special as human persons,” he said.

While serving as president of the Bank of Italy in 2009, Draghi wrote an op-ed for the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, in which he commented on Pope Benedict XVI's social encyclical “Caritas in Veritate.”

The economic crisis “confirms the need for a relationship between ethics and economics,” Draghi noted in the more than 1,000-word article. “Every economic decision has moral consequences. This is even more true in the era of globalization…” “According to the Church’s social doctrine, if the autonomy of economic discipline implies indifference to ethics, man is pushed to abuse the economic instrument,” he said. “If it is no longer a means for achieving the ultimate goal the common good profit risks generating poverty.”

The economist was also a featured speaker at the August 2020 Rimini Meeting, an annual gathering in Italy organized by the Catholic movement Communion and Liberation.In 2019, he was given an honorary degree from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan. At the awarding ceremony, university rector Franco Anelli called Draghi “the protagonist of an economy ‘in action,’ not just ‘in the books.’”

And in his own speech, Draghi told students of the university that he hoped they would “put their skills to public service.”

“There will be mistakes and retreats because the world is complex,” he said. “However, I hope that you will be comforted by the fact that in history, decisions based on knowledge, courage, and humility have always shown their quality.”

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The Draghi or "Dragons" Family dates back to the 4th Century BC.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draghi

https://www.houseofnames.com/draghi-family-crest

"The surname Draghi was first found in Genoa (Italian: Genova), a port on the Gulf of Genoa, capital of the province of Genoa. 4th century B.C it was occupied by the Greeks, destroyed by the Carthaginians in 209 B.C and restored by Rome who made it their headquarters. They survived the Lombard and Carolingan intrusions. Were well known for their naval prowess. Shipbuilding flourished in this natural sea port. Much migration took place to South America pre WWII. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time, at the beginning of recorded history, was of itself a great distinction and indicative of noble ancestry."

Spelling variations of this family name include: Drago, Draga, de Drago, Dragho, Dragomanni, Dragonetti, Dragoni, Dragotti, Dragotto and many more.

"Mario Draghi OMRI (b. 1947), Italian economist, manager and banker, President of the European Central Bank (2011-), according to Forbes, the 8th most powerful person in the world"

It would be a real shame if most Anons remained unacquainted with someone who Forbes says is the 8th most powerful person in the world and who just took the stage in a big way.