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[-] DandomRude@lemmy.world 16 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours 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.

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[-] MacStache@programming.dev 3 points 12 hours ago

Pfffft... Yeah right.

[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 15 points 18 hours ago

I wish.

Doubt they’ll even have to sell a diocese.

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

Oh, they are opting for "The Big Lie".

IIRC s friend of theirs coined the expression too!

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 9 points 17 hours ago

I'm sure God will save them .... by wiring them a few billion dollars

[-] Zorsith 13 points 18 hours ago
[-] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 7 points 18 hours ago

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.

[-] Skua@kbin.earth 9 points 17 hours ago

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

[-] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 10 points 18 hours ago

something about rich man in the kingdom of heaven right?

[-] FreudianCafe@lemmy.ml 2 points 18 hours ago

And it has nothing to do with the afghan opium money they used to launder, but now no longer exists after taliban kicked the US out

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