The British MI5 has revealed that the Nazis had plotted to infiltrate the Vatican in order to spy on the Allies who were advancing through Italy. The plot called for the Nazis to set up a "Georgian Cloister" (i.e. a cloister for monks from the Soviet Republic of Georgia, the plot was hatched by a Georgian living in Rome who sympathized with the Nazis because of their shared dislike for Communism) under the protection and authority of the Vatican (because it was a neutral country) which they would then infiltrate with spies disguised as monks and seminarians and use to spy on the Allies.
The Plan was foiled by an Italian Policeman (Giuseppe Dosi) who was working as a British informant and tipped off British Intelligence. The Vatican also was suspicious of the plot when they discovered that the monks didn't know much about Catholic doctrine and were a little too friendly with the women. The British then informed the Vatican and the Vatican sent a diplomatic complaint to Germany.
The MI5 have also revealed that, in an unrelated plot, the Nazis tried to infiltrate the Boy Scouts.
This is not the first Nazi plot about the Vatican, in 2006 or 2007, a book came out describing a plot to kidnap the Pope, it has also surfaced that Pope Pius XII had told Cardinals that if he was arrested by the Nazis he would resign and that plans were made to elect his successor in Portugal (i.e. away from German forces so that they wouldn't interfere) if he did get arrested.
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