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((Short description|Catholic archbishop, former head of the Vatican Bank (1922–2006)))
((more citations needed|date=November 2018))
((Infobox Christian leader
| type               = Bishop
| honorific_prefix   = [[The Most Reverend]]
| name               = Paul Marcinkus
| image              =
| title              = [[Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State|Pro-President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for the Vatican City State]]
| church             = [[Roman Catholic Church]]
| appointed          = September 26, 1981
| term_end           = October 30, 1990
| predecessor        = [[Sergio Guerri]]
| successor          = None; position abolished
| ordination         = May 3, 1947
| ordained_by        = [[Samuel Alphonsus Stritch]]
| consecration       = January 6, 1969
| consecrated_by     = [[Pope Paul VI]]
| birth_name         = Paul Casimir Marcinkus
| birth_date         = ((Birth date|1922|01|15))
| birth_place        = [[Cicero, Illinois|Cicero]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]]
| death_date         = ((Death date and age|2006|02|20|1922|01|15))
| death_place        = [[Sun City, Arizona|Sun City]], [[Arizona]], United States
| previous_post      = ((unbulleted list|President, [[Institute for Works of Religion]] (1971–1989)|Secretary, Administrative Section, Institute for Works of Religion (1969–1971)|[[Horta (titular see)|Titular Archbishop of Horta]] (1969–2006)|))
| alma_mater         = ((unbulleted list|[[Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary]]|[[University of Saint Mary of the Lake]]|[[Pontifical Gregorian University]]|[[Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy]]))
| motto              = ((lang|la|Servite Dominum cum Laetitia))
))

'''Paul Casimir Marcinkus''' ((post-nominals|list=[[Order of Prince Henry|GCOIH]]))<!--Order has been cited in body since 2017--> (((IPAc-en|m|ɑr|ˈ|s|ɪ|ŋ|k|ə|s)); January 15, 1922 – February 20, 2006) was an American [[archbishop]] of the [[Catholic Church]] and president of the [[Institute for the Works of Religion]], commonly known as the Vatican Bank, from 1971 to 1989.<ref name="NYT obit">((cite news |last=Fox |first=Margalit |date=February 22, 2006 |title=Archbishop Marcinkus, 84, Banker at the Vatican, Dies |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/22/business/archbishop-marcinkus-84-banker-at-the-vatican-dies.html |access-date=December 9, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20161211002239/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/22/business/archbishop-marcinkus-84-banker-at-the-vatican-dies.html |archive-date=December 11, 2016))</ref>

== Early life ==
Marcinkus was born in [[Cicero, Illinois]], the son of [[Lithuania]]n immigrants and the youngest of five children. His father worked as a window cleaner, among other occupations.<ref name="NYT obit"/><!--Commenting out unsource background until source can be found: who arrived in Cicero in 1914. His father Mykolas had left [[Lithuania]] to escape possible induction into the Russian army. Moving to the United States, he briefly lived in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]] before moving to [[Fond du Lac, Wisconsin]] to work for a cousin as a farm hand, then moving to Cicero after finding work in a Chicago [[steel mill]]. By the time his fourth son, Paulius, arrived, he had started cleaning windows for the Leo Sheridan Co., a job he would hold for 30 years.-->

After attending [[Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary]] and [[St. Mary of the Lake Seminary]],<ref name="NYT obit"/> Paul was ordained to the priesthood for the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago|Archdiocese of Chicago]] on May 3, 1947,<ref name="NYT obit"/> and served parish assignments with both St. Christina's and [[Holy Cross Church (Chicago)|Holy Cross Church]] on the city's south side. By 1949, he had been appointed to the archdiocese's matrimonial tribunal, which processed petitions to recognize the nullity of putatively valid marriages.<ref name="trib Hirsley"/>

== International career ==
In 1950, Marcinkus began to fulfil special assignments for the [[Holy See]] and became friendly with Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini, later [[Pope Paul VI]], while studying canon law at the [[Gregorian University]].<ref name="willan"/>((rp|156))<ref name=foglio>((Cite news |author=((Foglio Quotidiano staff writer))|url=http://www.ilfoglio.it/soloqui/567 |title=Marcinkus, come farsi un tesoro in terra (e forse pure in Cielo)|work=Il Foglio |date=25 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100220154258/http://www.ilfoglio.it/soloqui/567 |archive-date=20 February 2010|language=it))</ref> Upon earning his degree in 1953, he completed the two-year program for prospective diplomats at the [[Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy]] and was assigned to Bolivia<ref name="wash post 2006"/> in 1955 and to Canada four years later, serving as secretary in the nunciature of the Holy See in both instances.<ref name="willan"/>((rp|156))

Beginning in December 1959, he worked at the Secretariat of State in Rome<ref name="willan">((cite book |last1=Willan |first1=Philip |title=The Vatican at War: From Blackfriars Bridge to Buenos Aires |date=2013 |publisher=Uptin |isbn=978-1-4917-0794-4 |pages=145–169 |language=en |chapter=Chapter Ten: The Gorilla))</ref>((rp|156)) and served on occasion as an interpreter for [[Pope John XXIII]]<ref name="irish 2021"/> and as an English translator for [[Pope Paul VI]].<ref name="irish 2021">((cite news |last1=McGarry |first1=Patsy |title=Cardinal sins: Can Pope Francis clean up the Vatican's act? |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/cardinal-sins-can-pope-francis-clean-up-the-vatican-s-act-1.4615033|quote=Archbishop Marcinkus spent most of his clerical career at the Vatican, initially as English translator for Pope St John XXIII and Pope St Paul VI.|access-date=5 April 2022 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=10 July 2021 |language=en))</ref> Under Paul VI, he helped manage arrangements for papal overseas trips. His height and muscular build served him well as an "informal bodyguard" for Paul VI,<ref name="willan"/>((rp|157))<ref name="wash post 2006"/> earning him the nickname "The Gorilla".<ref name="wash post 2006">((cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/21/AR2006022101814.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |title=Paul Marcinkus, Indicted in Bank Scandal |first=Adam |last=Bernstein |quote= A hulking 6-foot-4 rugby player, he served as bodyguard and "advance man" on the pope's historic diplomatic outreach trips abroad." ... "He studied canon law in Rome and by the late 1950s was assigned to the Vatican secretary of state's office. There, he befriended the future Pope Paul VI... |date=February 22, 2006|archive-date=23 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923031746/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/21/AR2006022101814.html))</ref> On January 6, 1969, he received his episcopal consecration as [[Titular Archbishop]] of [[Horta (Italy)|Horta]].<ref>((cite news |work=The Independent |location=London |url=http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article346957.ece |title=Priest at the heart of 'God's Banker' scandal dies at 84 |first=Rupert |last=Cornwell |date=February 22, 2006 |access-date=May 22, 2010|archive-date=March 24, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070324213246/http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article346957.ece))</ref><!--Dec 2021: DO NOT REMOVE ((cn)) TAGS WITHIN THIS PARAGRAPH—ONLY THE REFERENCE TO THE GORILLA NICKNAME IN THIS PARAGRAPH ARE FROM THE WP OBIT SOURCE.--><!--April 2022: Altered preceding hidden text to say THE GORILLA NICKNAME instead of THE LAST SIX WORDS, as an extra sentence was added to the paragraph. There is definitely more than just that in the Wash Post obit, though. Not all, but much more than just the gorilla nick.-->

In 1979, Marcinkus was reported as having been targeted by the [[Red Brigades]], a far-left terrorist group, for possible kidnap or assassination after his address and other documents were found in the apartment of two group members, [[Valerio Morucci]] and [[Adriana Faranda]].((citation needed|date=May 2019))

In 1981, John Paul II promoted Marcinkus to archbishop and made him vice-president of the Governorate of the Vatican City state, in effect its governor.<ref name="trib Hirsley">((cite news |access-date=May 9, 2019 |date=March 12, 1989 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-03-12-8903260081-story.html | work = Chicago Tribune |title=As Vatican Career Ebbs, Marcinkus Looks to Chicago|first=Michael |last=Hirsley))</ref>

In 1982, he allegedly thwarted an assassination attempt against Pope John Paul II in [[Fátima, Portugal]], when [[Juan Maria Fernandez y Krohn]], a reportedly disturbed priest, attacked the Pope with a bayonet.<ref>((cite news |work=BBC News |first=David|last=Willey |date=October 16, 2008 |access-date=May 9, 2019|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7674020.stm |title=Film breaks usual Vatican secrecy))</ref> In fact, several Portuguese police officers grabbed and disarmed the attacker, preventing the Pope from being stabbed.<ref>Hugo Franco, [https://expresso.pt/sociedade/2017-05-07-12-de-maio-de-1982-o-ataque-falhado-a-Joao-Paulo-II-contado-pelos-segurancas-que-o-salvaram "May 12, 1982: The failed attack on John Paul II told by the security guards who saved him" (translated title)], ''Expresso'', May 7, 2017.</ref>

== Vatican bank tenure ==
((more citations needed section|date=December 2021))
Paul VI appointed Marcinkus secretary of the Vatican Bank in 1968. He was named its president in 1971 at the age of 48, serving in that role until 1989. Although an able administrator, Marcinkus had no prior experience as a banker. Upon his initial appointment to the Vatican Bank, he underwent brief training and short (of days-to-weeks) observational periods at several financial institutions.<ref name="willan"/>((rp|157))

As early as April 24, 1973, Marcinkus was questioned in his Vatican office by United States federal prosecutor William Aronwald and Bill Lynch, head of the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section of the [[United States Department of Justice]], about his involvement in the delivery of $14.5 million worth of counterfeit bonds to the Vatican in July 1971, part of a total request of $950 million stated in a letter on Vatican letterhead. His name had arisen and the letter come to light during the investigation of an international gangster, who eventually served 12 years in prison.<ref name="posner Frau">((cite book |last1=Posner |first1=Gerald L. |title=God's bankers: A history of money and power at the Vatican |date=2015 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=New York |isbn=9781439109861 |pages=205–220 |edition=First |chapter=Operation Fräulein))</ref> Marcinkus said "he considered the charges against him serious, but not based enough on fact that he would violate the Vatican Bank's confidentiality to defend himself...back in the States, it was agreed on the highest levels that the case against Marcinkus could not be pursued any further."<ref>((cite book|author1=Coffey, Joseph|author2=Schmetterer, Jerry |date=1992 |title=The Coffey Files |publisher=St. Martin's Press |isbn=0312929226))((page needed|date=December 2021))</ref>((page needed|date=December 2021))<ref name="WashPost Murphy">((cite news |last1=Murphy |first1=Walter F. |title=The Cop, the Con Men and the Cardinal |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/1982/11/07/the-cop-the-con-men-and-the-cardinal/ac0c092b-eac4-492a-8dbe-32e63e9e5f34/ |newspaper=Washington Post |date=7 November 1982 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416150437/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/1982/11/07/the-cop-the-con-men-and-the-cardinal/ac0c092b-eac4-492a-8dbe-32e63e9e5f34/ |archive-date=16 April 2022))</ref>

In July 1982, Marcinkus was implicated in financial scandals being reported on the front pages of newspapers and magazines throughout Europe, particularly the collapse of the [[Banco Ambrosiano]], in which [[Propaganda Due]] (aka "P2"), a [[Masonic Lodge]], was involved.((citation needed|date=December 2021)) Marcinkus had been a director of Ambrosiano Overseas, based in [[Nassau, Bahamas]], and had been involved with Ambrosiano's chairman, financier [[Roberto Calvi]], for a number of years.((according to whom|date=December 2021))((citation needed|date=December 2021)) He also was involved with [[Michele Sindona]],((clarify|date=December 2021)) who had links with [[Sicilian Mafia|the Mafia]].((according to whom|date=December 2021))((citation needed|date=December 2021))

The scandal widened, after the body of Calvi, whose [[Banco Ambrosiano]] had dealt with Marcinkus, was found hanging under London's [[Blackfriars Bridge]] in June 1982.<!--Commenting out, pending refs and clarification: The death of Calvi was seen by some as symbolic because ((lang|it|Propaganda Due)) ("P2"; an alleged Masonic Lodge rumoured to be influential and involved in illicit financial dealings) referred to themselves as the "Black Friars".((cn|date=December 2021)) Adding to the troubles, journalist [[Mino Pecorelli]], who had been investigating Marcinkus,((cn|April 2022)) the Vatican Bank and ties to [[organized crime]], was murdered in 1979.<ref>((cite news |author1=Cowell, Alan |date=June 10, 1993 |title=Andreotti at Crux of Murder Inquiry |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/10/world/andreotti-at-crux-of-murder-inquiry.html))</ref>((verify source|date=December 2021))--> Marcinkus himself was never charged with a crime.<ref>((cite news|author=Riding, Alan |date=April 30, 1989 |title=U.S. Prelate Not Indicted in Italy Bank Scandal |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/04/30/world/us-prelate-not-indicted-in-italy-bank-scandal.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331022853/https://www.nytimes.com/1989/04/30/world/us-prelate-not-indicted-in-italy-bank-scandal.html |archive-date=March 31, 2021 |access-date=December 9, 2021 |quote=To the dismay of the public prosecutor, an American Archbishop was not among 35 former employees and associates of an ill-fated bank who were indicted on charges of fraudulent bankruptcy here this month. Instead, the American, Archbishop Paul C. Marcinkus of Cicero, Ill., is preparing to take up a new appointment at the Holy See after 20 years as president of the Institute for Religious Works, known as the Vatican Bank.))</ref><!--Verified as per tag request, after an extensive search (of 5 minutes).((verify source|date=December 2021))-->

He stepped aside as head of the Vatican Bank soon after, with a board of laymen assuming control of the bank.<ref>''Wall Street Journal Western Edition'', "Vatican gives control of bank to board of laymen, as archbishop steps aside" June 21, 1989, page A17.</ref> The Vatican eventually paid £145 million in a settlement with creditors, with Marcinkus observing in 1986 that "You can't run the Church on Hail Marys."<ref>May 25, 1986, ''Observer'', London.</ref><ref>((cite book |last1=Andrews |first1=Robert |title=The New Penguin Dictionary of Modern Quotations |date=2003 |publisher=Penguin UK |isbn=978-0-14-196531-4 |page=553 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VK0vR4fsaigC |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en |id=Citing ''The Observer'' (London) of 25 May 1986))</ref> Marcinkus later said that he was misquoted, what he actually said was: "When my workers come to retire, they expect a pension; it's no use my saying to them 'I'll pay you 400 Hail Marys."<ref>((cite book |author=Cornwell, John |date=1989 |title=A Thief in the Night: The Death of John Paul I |publisher=Simon & Schuster |isbn=978-0-671-68394-8 ))((page needed|date=December 2021))</ref>((page needed|date=December 2021))<!--This ref IS a full citation. Specific page number request retained.-->

He resigned his Vatican position on October 30, 1990.<ref>((cite news |last1=Ridley |first1=Charles |title=Archbishop Marcinkus resigns from Vatican service |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/10/30/Archbishop-Marcinkus-resigns-from-Vatican-service/7712657262800/ |access-date=5 April 2022 |work=UPI |date=30 October 1990 |language=en))</ref>

== Unsubstantiated allegations ==
In 1984, Marcinkus was named by [[David Yallop]] as a possible accomplice in the claimed "murder" of [[Pope John Paul I]]; Yallop made allegations regarding a number of suspects, involving the Mafia and Freemasonry.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/07/08/books/bungling-and-surmises.html|title=BUNGLING AND SURMISES|last=Hofmann|first=Paul|date=8 July 1984|website=The New York Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524151811/https://www.nytimes.com/1984/07/08/books/bungling-and-surmises.html|archive-date=24 May 2015|url-status=live|access-date=2 Nov 2018))</ref> For instance, Anthony Raimondi, who purports to be a nephew of [[Lucky Luciano]], claimed in 2019 that he helped his alleged cousin Marcinkus murder the pope.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2019/10/19/meet-the-mobster-who-claims-he-helped-whack-pope-john-paul-i-over-stock-fraud/|title=Meet the mobster who claims he helped whack Pope John Paul I over stock fraud|last=Hamilton|first=Brad|date=2019-10-19|website=New York Post|language=en|access-date=2019-11-25))</ref> Loris Serafini, director of a museum in [[Canale d'Agordo]] overseeing a collection covering John Paul I's life, refers to the purported murder as "an unshakable myth",<ref name="Harlan Pitrelli 2021">((cite news | author1=Harlan, Chico|author2=Pitrelli, Stefano |date=December 7, 2021 |title=John Paul I was pope for just 33 days. The story of his death is still evolving. |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/pope-john-paul-sainthood-death/2021/12/07/64f04338-47d1-11ec-beca-3cc7103bd814_story.html |access-date=December 9, 2021))</ref> and Chico Harlan and Stefano Pitrelli, writing for the ''[[Washington Post]]'', report that: "One papal doctor believed heart attack was the likeliest cause of death. Another doctor who'd previously treated the pope said there was "no clinical doubt" that the cause was circulatory...<ref name="Harlan Pitrelli 2021"/> In her official work as [[postulator]], Stefania Falasca, a journalist for the Italian newspaper ''[[Avvenire]]'', and the lead investigator for the Vatican regarding the late pope's canonisation, quotes the conflicting medical opinions and does not try to weigh which was likelier.<ref name ="Harlan Pitrelli 2021"/>

As of 2008, a case of a missing person had been reopened after claims that [[Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi|Emanuela Orlandi]], daughter of a Vatican employee, had been kidnapped and later killed on orders of Marcinkus were made by Sabrina Minardi, a former girlfriend of [[Enrico De Pedis]], boss of the gang, [[Banda della Magliana]]. Members of Orlandi's family said they were skeptical of the claim, as Minardi had been treated for drug abuse. Investigators remained cautious but were reportedly impressed by the accuracy of some details, as reported by ''[[La Repubblica]]''.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jun/24/internationalcrime.catholicism|title=Girl missing since 1983 was kidnapped on Vatican archbishop's orders, police told|last=Kington|first=Tom|date=24 June 2008|website=The Guardian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916061212/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jun/24/internationalcrime.catholicism|archive-date=16 September 2015|url-status=live|access-date=2 Nov 2018))</ref>((update after|2022|12|10))

== Later life and death ==
Marcinkus returned to the Archdiocese of Chicago in 1990 before retiring to Arizona, where he lived as an assistant parish priest at St. Clement of Rome Church in [[Sun City, Arizona|Sun City]]. He declined to discuss his role in the Ambrosiano scandal. Archbishop Marcinkus died in [[Sun City, Arizona|Sun City]], Arizona, aged 84, of undisclosed causes.<ref>((cite news|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4737052.stm |publisher=BBC News |title=Scandal-hit Vatican banker dies|date=February 21, 2006))</ref><ref>((cite news | work = New York Times |access-date=May 8, 2019|date=February 21, 2006 |title=Marcinkus, of Vatican scandal, dies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/21/world/europe/marcinkus-of-vatican-scandal-dies.html ))</ref><ref>((cite news |url=http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article346957.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070324213246/http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article346957.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 24, 2007 |work=The Independent |title=Priest at the heart of 'God's banker' scandal dies at 84 |date=February 22, 2006))</ref>

== In popular culture ==
Marcinkus was played by actor [[Rutger Hauer]] in the Italian film ''[[The Bankers of God]]''.<ref>((cite news |title=Calvi, in un film l'Italia dei misteri |url=http://www.centraldocinema.it/Recensioni/16/a/banchieri%20di%20dio.htm |work=Central do Cinema|access-date=5 April 2022|archive-date=20 April 2014|language=it |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420022603/http://www.centraldocinema.it/recensioni/16/a/banchieri%20di%20dio.htm))</ref>

In [[Francis Ford Coppola]]'s ''[[The Godfather Part III]]'', actor [[Donal Donnelly]] portrayed Archbishop Gilday. The character is widely perceived as based on Marcinkus.<ref>((multiref2
|1=((cite book |last1=Vankin |first1=Jonathan |title=The 80 greatest conspiracies of all time : history's biggest mysteries, coverups, and cabals |date=2004 |publisher=Citadel Press |location=New York |isbn=0-8065-2531-2 |pages=178–179 |edition=Expanded and updated))
|2=((cite news |author1=Kurt Jensen |author2=Catholic News Service |title='Godfather Coda' offers a recut version you might not be able to refuse |url=https://catholicphilly.com/2020/12/culture/godfather-coda-offers-a-recut-version-you-might-not-be-able-to-refuse/ |access-date=5 April 2022 |work=Catholic Philly |date=December 11, 2020))
|3=((cite magazine |last1=Day |first1=James |title=The Godfather, Part III: The One Who Inspired It |url=https://brightlightsfilm.com/the-godfather-part-iii-the-one-who-inspired-it/ |access-date=5 April 2022 |magazine=Bright Lights Film Journal |date=20 November 2021))
|4=((cite book |last1=Phillips |first1=Gene D. |title=Godfather: The Intimate Francis Ford Coppola |date=23 April 2014 |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |isbn=978-0-8131-4671-3 |pages=132–133 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6XBHAgAAQBAJ |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en))
|5=((cite news |last1=McGarry |first1=Patsy |title=Cardinal sins: Can Pope Francis clean up the Vatican's act? |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/cardinal-sins-can-pope-francis-clean-up-the-vatican-s-act-1.4615033|access-date=5 April 2022 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=10 July 2021 |language=en))))</ref>

In 2006, Marcinkus was played by actor [[Jacques Sernas]] in the 2006 Italian TV Series  ''[[Pope John Paul I: The Smile of God]]''.<ref>((cite web |title=Pope John Paul I: The Smile of God - Elenco |url=https://www.euassisti.com.br/filme/pope-john-paul-i-the-smile-of-god/elenco/61f820234b768fd89af30ea3 |website=Eu Assisti |language=pt-br))</ref>((better source needed|date=April 2022))

[[Tom Flannery]]'s one-man play ''[[Marcinkus (play)|Marcinkus]]'' (2006) played in [[Wilkes-Barre]] and [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]] to positive reviews.<ref name=Clisham20091103>((cite web|author = Clisham, Kelly | date = November 3, 2009 | title = A Tale of Holy Intrigue | work = TheWeekender.com | publisher = The Times Leader Media Group/Avant Publications | location = Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania | url=http://www.theweekender.com/stage/A_tale_of_holy_intrigue_11-03-2009.html | access-date=December 9, 2021 | url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101004153144/http://www.theweekender.com/stage/A_tale_of_holy_intrigue_11-03-2009.html |archive-date=October 4, 2010 ))</ref>

Marcinkus was portrayed by actor Randall Paul in [[Roberto Faenza]]'s 2016 film ((lang|it|La Verità Sta in Cielo)) ('The Truth Lies in Heaven').<ref>((cite web |author1=Luce Cinecittà |author2=Ministero della Cultura |title=La verità sta in cielo (2016): film usciti 2000–2021 |url=https://www.filmitalia.org/it/film/92523/ |website=Filmitalia |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=it, en))</ref>

Mentioned in the George Harrison song, "P2 Vatican Blues (Last Saturday Night)".<ref>((cite web | url=http://www.jefflynnesongs.com/popup.php?data=P2VaticanBluesLastSaturdayNight20023_popupplus | title=Jeff Lynne Song Database - Song Details ))</ref>

== Honours ==
[[File:PRT_Order_of_Prince_Henry_-_Grand_Cross_BAR.png|80px]] Grand Cross of the [[Order of Prince Henry]], [[Portugal]] (2 September 1983)<ref name="OrdHonPor">((cite web|title=Cidadãos Estrangeiros Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas|url=http://www.ordens.presidencia.pt/?idc=154|website=Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas|access-date=28 January 2017))</ref><!--If source considered unsuitable, use ((Better source needed)) tag-->

== See also ==
((Portal|Biography|Christianity))
* [[Propaganda Due]]
* [[Banco Ambrosiano]]
* [[Emanuela Orlandi]]

== References ==
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;Additional sources
* [[Malachi Martin]] - ''Rich Church, Poor Church'' (Putnam, New York, 1984) (((ISBN|0-399-12906-5)))
* [[J.G. Sandom]] - ''Gospel Truths'', Bantam/Random House, 1992 & 2009 (((ISBN|0553589970)))

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