Sell some of that gold they've bought and or stolen in the last millenia or two.
Maybe donating and praying to your favorite imaginary sky buddy doesn't actually solve anything.
Have they tried institutionally raping children and covering it up for decades if not centuries?
Oh, they have... Darn.
Even if this is true, 2025 is a jubilee year. There will be so many pilgrims to the Vatican and donations would skyrocket
Could this really be? After nearly two thousands years of Catholic Church they are finally brought to their knees.
Good riddance to bad garbage.
Start selling off your nazi gold.
Probably the best news I've read so far today.
Bullshit. They own more land than damn near any other entity on the planet. The whole celibacy thing was so the priest could not take the church owning and give them to non-church kids.
Hurting for money? Sell some land. Then pay for the abuse lawsuits some more.
Heaven Less Opulent Than Vatican, Reports Disappointed Pope
https://theonion.com/heaven-less-opulent-than-vatican-reports-disappointed-1819567798/
Exactly plus the millions in treasure they have under the Vatican.
Good
It's like watching the country collapse, i guess.
Yes actually.
Are these bastards really thinking we are going to believe their mafia like enterprise is supported by charitable donations?
Good for them, I guess?
"Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”
But, but The eye of a needle was a market with a small gate and if you only had a reasonable load on your camels then they could pass through so it's actually ok for rich people to exist /s
That cope from Conservative Christians™️ is always funny. Similar statements show up in the Talmud. A large animal passing through the eye of a needle was a common idiom in Jewish culture at the time to demonstrate impossibility.
I wish they had just said, “look bro, I don’t even need an idiom. I’m just going to tell you. If you’re rich, you’re going to Hell. You can’t exploit people and hoard resources and be in God’s good graces at the same time. Just being rich means that you’re ok walking by misery and not helping. Bro, you can’t have it like that.”
You'd still have wealthy Christians being like "okay, but what did Jesus mean by this?"
You’re absolutely right haha.
“I flicked a nickel to a hobo today. Streets uh’ gode!”
It's a mistranslation of "sturdy rope", which indeed would not pass through the eye of a needle.
"Another coin in the coffer rings, another soul into heaven springs."
I was expecting this exact quote. Never fails to put a smile on my face.
Is the Vatican for sale?
Thoughts and prayers.
Don't just leave those laying around, something will fi-- aww damnit, too late...
It’s cool, he ain’t playing it right anyway. He won’t get famous and change the world the way he’s doing it.
C'mon, he's doing his best.
It's really hard to do without opposable thumbs!
Those grifters have had a good run for two millenia. As scams go, I'd say it was pretty successful - and still is, sadly.
Perhaps they should sell off some of the tons and tons of gold stuff they have.
Thoughts and prayers.
Wait, nope, fresh out.
Paying out legal claims and bribes from all the sexual abuse scandals are not cheap.
Child rape. They're broke from paying for unimaginable amounts of child rape.
Just ask god for money? I mean, isn't it omnisicent and omnipotent?
I'm sure if they switched from molesting kids they could make some money jerking off grown men
And those soft ass priest hands must feel amazing. I’ll line up for one of the Father Jackoffski specials right away.
Oh, no. Guess they'll have to sell some of those golden trinkets they have
Irish Star is as reliable as Alex Jones.
The Catholic Church remains one of the world's wealthiest organizations.
good, time to disband that pedo-clown organisation
One the planets largest landlords going bankrupt? I imagine they can cover the spread and still dress like trans-wizards until the lord returns.
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