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PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to Global News@lemmy.zip · 2 years ago

Vatican “on the brink of Bankruptcy” due to dramatic decline in donations

www.irishstar.com

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Vatican “on the brink of Bankruptcy” due to dramatic decline in donations

www.irishstar.com

PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to Global News@lemmy.zip · 2 years ago
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The Vatican has found itself in the middle of a critical financial crisis, which threatens to jeopardize the livelihood of retired clergy and staff worldwide
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    deleted by creator

  • HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today
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    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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      Since that fable will never become reality, probably not.

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        Regardless they can probably sell some shit and cover their debts

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          They’ve been doing that. I know of quite a bit of land owned by the church that they’ve sold around me.

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    Paying out legal claims and bribes from all the sexual abuse scandals are not cheap.

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      Naw, they just move all the assets out of the diocese and declare bankruptcy.

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      Child rape. They’re broke from paying for unimaginable amounts of child rape.

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        Indeed. I’m sorry if it felt like I was minimizing the damage caused.

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          No! Not at you! Just, in general. We should make a point of calling a spade. Euphemism is dangerous.

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    I wish.

    Doubt they’ll even have to sell a diocese.

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    good, time to disband that pedo-clown organisation

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    Perhaps they should sell off some of the tons and tons of gold stuff they have.

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      Or their huge amounts of foreign land

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        Like huge… tracts of land?

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      There’s a whole crypt of nicely dressed absolutely dead people who most certainly don’t need to be wearing rubies and gold and diamonds all over their bones.

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        That needle must have a pretty big eye

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          No, just microscopic camels.

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        Maybe they should put their bones in a museum for profit? Come see Saint (whomever)

        We do it all the time with brown peoples bones. Why not pope’s bones?

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    something about rich man in the kingdom of heaven right?

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    Bullshit.

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      It could be. I haven’t heard of the Irish Star. I couldn’t decide whether it was bullshit propaganda designed to sound Pope Francis sound like a problem, bullshit propaganda designed to attract clicks and nothing else, truth presented with the goal of making Pope Francis sound like a problem, or what really happened. I decided to post it and stop worrying about it.

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        Being owned by Reach plc is definitely not a reassuring sign of credibility. Highlights of other news outlets they own include the Daily Star straight up inventing an interview with Dwayne Johnson in 2019, the Daily Express having such a bizarre obsession with Princess Diana that they still pt her name in the headlines about once a week to this day, and the Daily Mirror seemingly doing its “journalism” primarily by the method of hacking into celebrities’ personal voicemails throughout most of the 00s

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    Have they tried NOT having Sex with Kids?

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      That part was fine. According to the article, what’s causing the issue is that Pope Francis said they should help the poor and that climate change is real, and all their scattered asshole donation-makers in all corners of the world got butthurt and turned down the money faucet.

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        How dare the Catholic Church would be a force for good!

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        You know that American Catholics are like a tiny portion of the worldwide church right?

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      Whoa whoa let’s not get carried away. That’s a load bearing pillar of the church pal

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    worlds smallest violin

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      This is amazing, it took me a few seconds to realize that is a very tiny violin.

      • HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        It’s from an election microscope IIRC

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          Does it give a close look at peoples choices?

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      Don’t just leave those laying around, something will fi-- aww damnit, too late…

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        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.

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          Maybe if you had four arms you’d hold it different too! Leave Tardiboi alone!

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          C’mon, he’s doing his best.

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            It’s really hard to do without opposable thumbs!

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        Oh shiiiiiii

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    I’m sure God will save them … by wiring them a few billion dollars

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    I wonder how that can be. The Catholic Church owns real estate in almost every city in Europe, usually several in large cities, often in prime locations. Especially since these properties are only a fraction of the church’s financial assets, the rental income alone should be enough to finance the church for all eternity.

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      They can be broke or rich depending on how they feel that day. They cook the books because they’re their own country. They are truly a gang operation. My guess is they want you talking about them being broke as opposed to them being caught with more priests molesting children today.

      AG report details abuse allegations against 52 priests, deacons in Diocese of Lansing

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        Yeah the church is rich af, just sell some of your gold you fucking parasites.

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      Organizations that own that amount of stuff borrow against it to buy even more stuff and as it all goes up in value they borrow more and buy more stuff. In an endless loop. And people call crypto a scam 🤔

      Owning that much in assets typically means you also have a lot of debt. Particularly with generational, wealthy, corrupt organizations.

      Point being, they can be on the brink of bankruptcy even when owning half of Europe if they can’t service the debt they wound up.

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        Well, they can always get back to selling indulgences again or take out (another) mortgage on their state in the middle of Rome when the going gets tough.

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    • LET
    • THEM
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    • CAKE
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    I’m sure if they switched from molesting kids they could make some money jerking off grown men

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