Post by Tamrin on Jul 24, 2008 18:27:30 GMT 10
P2 Lodge Scandal
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As an introduction to the political intrigue involved with the P2 "lodge" in Italy, readers are reminded that - at one time or another - virtually all organizations suffer from internal power struggles which lead to embarrassing consequences. An example during the mid-1990s which many U.S. readers may recall was that of the United Fund, America's largest charity, which was found to be riddled with mismanagement and corrupt practices forcing its head to resign under threat of severe legal action. 'How could it be?', everyone seemed to be asking, that an organization devoted to such high moral principles and knowing of their critical importance to so many needy could have such greedy and unscrupulous leadership? Regrettably, avarice and greed know no boundaries....
Within this context, we find a Masonic problem of similar stature having arisen in Italy, a country where political intrigue and instability seems to be a way of life. A country where Socialists battle Communists set amidst a background of the Borgia family and Papal secrecy. How could something like this have happened to Masonry in Italy? How could something like this have happened at all???
Within this context, we find a Masonic problem of similar stature having arisen in Italy, a country where political intrigue and instability seems to be a way of life. A country where Socialists battle Communists set amidst a background of the Borgia family and Papal secrecy. How could something like this have happened to Masonry in Italy? How could something like this have happened at all???
Loge Propoganda Due (P2) was a highly respected member of the Grand Orient D'Italia for more than 100 years. A "power stuggle"