Can all the nations they stole artifacts and trinkets from get them back when they declare bankruptcy? /s
Oh no…
Except they have billions in stolen art and could liquidate it at any point. If not trillions, actually.
Nobody knows exactly what Vatican has but Porphyry Basin in the Vatican Museum is estimated to be worth 2$ billion alone (it was commissioned by Emperor Nero).
Vatican could literally end the world hunger with their treasure hoard.
Nice
Ummmm… Fuck them?
I am an agnostic so my opinion might not be worth anything to Christians (or Catholics specifically), but I don’t really see the point in organized church structures. If you believe in God, support his ideals, why do you need to go to church anyway, or at least why would you want your local church support some big hierarchy (often with controversial opinions or actions) for your money?
It’s been a long while since I was involved in a church, but my recollection of the Bible isn’t able to reference anything that implies there is a need for the hierarchy associated with the Catholic Church, or similar. It kind of says you can have a personal relationship with God, and I don’t recall anything about Mary being special in any way aside from giving birth to the so called Messiah.
Same reason people go to comicons or music concerts or protests. People just want to be with others who believe in and like the same things as they do. It’s a pretty simple and basic human behavior.
“Faith without works is dead.”
Sell your fucking chair, you clown.
Pope Francis got rid of that already, some 10 years ago.
I haven’t seen him on that chair since, but I’m sure it’s somewhere collecting dust.
Gods plan
Thoughts and prayers!
Aww geez, our 1500 year old grift isn’t working as well as it used to, sad!
Good
What little concessions they made to progressives was far too little too late while former popes sided with child abusers and rapists.
Martin Luther has entered the chat
The joke is that Francis was still too far left for the big money Opus Dei Catholics in The United States and Europe.
They weren’t friendly enough to the rapists. That’s why the donations are drying up
Or maybe it’s because people can’t afford to donate money when they can barely afford rent and groceries
Time to start selling Indulgences again.
Just pray. If your God is the creator of the universe, it’s pretty likely he can handle the situation once you let him know.
Dont forget the thoughts.
