Thoughts and prayers.
this post was submitted on 18 Dec 2024
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Don't just leave those laying around, something will fi-- aww damnit, too late...
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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.”
I was expecting this exact quote. Never fails to put a smile on my face.
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.
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Perhaps they should sell off some of the tons and tons of gold stuff they have.
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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Paying out legal claims and bribes from all the sexual abuse scandals are not cheap.
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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.
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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.
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Good
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.
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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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Those grifters have had a good run for two millenia. As scams go, I'd say it was pretty successful - and still is, sadly.
Are these bastards really thinking we are going to believe their mafia like enterprise is supported by charitable donations?
Well it's a good thing they have all that priceless art they can sell...
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Probably the best news I've read so far today.
I'm sure if they switched from molesting kids they could make some money jerking off grown men
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Thoughts and prayers!
Irish Star is as reliable as Alex Jones.
The Catholic Church remains one of the world's wealthiest organizations.
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Have they tried NOT having Sex with Kids?
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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Anyone think this is some independently verified fact?
THEY’RE CLAIMING THIS TO GET OUT OF PAYING ALL THE LAWSUITS they get because of all the r4pe & 4bus3 of little children
Aww geez, our 1500 year old grift isn’t working as well as it used to, sad!
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What little concessions they made to progressives was far too little too late while former popes sided with child abusers and rapists.
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
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Of course people are blaming him being too accepting of trans people, his view of "let them survive but they're sinners unwelcome to the eucharist" is unfortunately far too progressive for some.
Fortunately the church of Jesus of Nazareth will prioritize profit over peace and love
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Time to start selling Indulgences again.
Just ask god for money? I mean, isn't it omnisicent and omnipotent?
- LET
- THEM
- EAT
- CAKE
Have they tried institutionally raping children and covering it up for decades if not centuries?
Oh, they have... Darn.
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Oh, no. Guess they'll have to sell some of those golden trinkets they have
Gods plan
I wish.
Doubt they’ll even have to sell a diocese.
Good
Even if this is true, 2025 is a jubilee year. There will be so many pilgrims to the Vatican and donations would skyrocket
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Maybe donating and praying to your favorite imaginary sky buddy doesn't actually solve anything.
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