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President John F. Kennedy, Mrs. Kennedy, daughter Caroline and son John John arriving for Mass at St. Stephen the Martyr Catholic Church in Middleburg, Virginia, on Nov. 10, 1963. (photo: Credit: Diocese of Arlington / Diocese of Arlington)
By Matthew McDonald, National Catholic Register, March 21, 2025
Matthew McDonald is a staff reporter for The National Catholic Register and the editor of New Boston Post. He lives in Massachusetts.
A newly released memo alludes to eyebrow-raising but unspecified actions by the agency’s former director, who was Catholic.
A Catholic CIA director had previously unknown back-channel dealings with two popes during the 1960s, according to a memo in the newly released JFK files.
But what those dealings were isn’t clear.
The revelation, reported by The New York Times on Friday, turned up at the end of a June 1973 seven-page memo from a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency employee that is part of the thousands of documents pertaining to President John F. Kennedy. President Donald Trump ordered the documents released shortly after taking office in January 2025. …
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