A little something from Benito's greenhouse way back when

The Guardian has a fascinating article on "a special unit inside the Vatican called the extraordinary division of APSA – Amministrazione del Patrimonio della Sede Apostolica – which handles the so-called 'patrimony of the Holy See.'"

Not only have the Pope's gnomes built the seed up into an investment portfolio worth twice that of Mitt Romney (and every bit as secretive), they have pretty much managed to keep the world from knowing that the Vatican's financial independence comes from a deal made with the Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini in 1929.