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[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 164 points 2 years ago
[-] Codilingus@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago

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

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[-] TingoTenga@lemmy.world 139 points 2 years ago

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.”

[-] qyron@sopuli.xyz 31 points 2 years ago

I was expecting this exact quote. Never fails to put a smile on my face.

[-] Devorlon@lemmy.zip 29 points 2 years ago

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

[-] Blu@sopuli.xyz 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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.

[-] theangryseal@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

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.”

[-] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 18 points 2 years ago

You'd still have wealthy Christians being like "okay, but what did Jesus mean by this?"

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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.

[-] Hugin@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago
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[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 68 points 2 years ago
[-] drmoose@lemmy.world 54 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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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[-] Reygle@lemmy.world 52 points 2 years ago
[-] nucleative@lemmy.world 50 points 2 years ago

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.

[-] conartistpanda@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

Dont forget the thoughts.

[-] morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de 48 points 2 years ago

good, time to disband that pedo-clown organisation

[-] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 48 points 2 years ago

Those grifters have had a good run for two millenia. As scams go, I'd say it was pretty successful - and still is, sadly.

[-] HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today 46 points 2 years ago

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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[-] Marthirial@lemmy.world 44 points 2 years ago

Are these bastards really thinking we are going to believe their mafia like enterprise is supported by charitable donations?

[-] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 44 points 2 years ago

"Man who lives in a golden palace complains about money troubles. "

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[-] Alpha71@lemmy.world 42 points 2 years ago

Well it's a good thing they have all that priceless art they can sell...

[-] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

They could always start selling indulgences again!

In fact, they could even expand beyond the traditional Catholic market. Even Muslims get into Catholic heaven if they're willing to cut a big enough check! Maybe you can get some atheist billionaire to buy a $1 billion "just in case" indulgence.

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[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 39 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Sell your fucking chair, you clown.

disgustingly gold chair

[-] donuts@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

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.

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[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 38 points 2 years ago

Probably the best news I've read so far today.

[-] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 37 points 2 years ago
[-] workerONE@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago

I'm sure if they switched from molesting kids they could make some money jerking off grown men

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[-] DougHolland@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago

Irish Star is as reliable as Alex Jones.

The Catholic Church remains one of the world's wealthiest organizations.

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[-] BigBenis@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Thoughts and prayers!

[-] mr_satan@monyet.cc 28 points 2 years ago
[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago

Just sell some real estate…. They’ll be fine.

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[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago

What little concessions they made to progressives was far too little too late while former popes sided with child abusers and rapists.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

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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[-] Donebrach@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago

Aww geez, our 1500 year old grift isn’t working as well as it used to, sad!

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[-] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 2 years ago

Time to start selling Indulgences again.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago

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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[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 20 points 2 years ago

Oh, no. Guess they'll have to sell some of those golden trinkets they have

[-] sexy_peach@feddit.org 18 points 2 years ago
[-] eletes@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 years ago

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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[-] Allonzee@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

Maybe donating and praying to your favorite imaginary sky buddy doesn't actually solve anything.

[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 17 points 2 years ago

I wish.

Doubt they’ll even have to sell a diocese.

[-] DandomRude@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I wonder how that can be. The Catholic Church owns real estate in almost every city in Europe, usually several buildings in larger 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.

[-] locuester@lemmy.zip 22 points 2 years ago

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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