Have they tried institutionally raping children and covering it up for decades if not centuries?
Oh, they have… Darn.
Please, that’s just a side hustle
"Man who lives in a golden palace complains about money troubles. "
If only we could all live in our own personal “country”.
Sounds like any billionaire when tax collectors visit.
Good, because if they expect bills this means they are finally being held responsible for something
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Best news I’ve heard in a while
Maybe Elon Musk will suddenly get religion and bail them out.
Thoughts and prayers.
Just sell some real estate…. They’ll be fine.
In related news:
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
I’m going to need a really, /really/ small violin.
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
You can say rape and abuse
Just as they can choose not to. That’s the beauty of free will.
But me triggered from reading a word!
At that point avoiding using those words entirely seems like a better way. Could have just stopped at lawsuits. The rest is implied and considering the source most people are very aware.
But then they wouldn’t get to talk in 1337speak like a cool cyberpunk hacker.
Ah yes, all those cool hackers back from the faraway times of the early 2000’s. I distinctly remember attempting to not use any letters at all, but throw the entire suite of symbols out there in hopes I was leet enough.
It is a cowardly act to not use words when they are useable and applicable, especially when discussing heinous actions. To not is to brush such actions under the rug.
And plenty of people are cowards.
Are you sure it’s not because you’ve had to pay billions of dollars in settlements for priests raping children?
Are you sure that’s not why?
I don’t think the victims are getting paid that much. Our society has gone from “if someone powerful did something to you then you did something wrong” to “okay maybe they were wrong for that” but we’re still a ways away from “and they should pay a real price.”
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Whoa, that’s pretty interesting.
Consequences are a bitch, yeah. It’s not enough, to be honest.
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That wasn’t a comment on the politics of the situation, the church just had to pay $800 million in California in restitution for their crimes. The Catholic church has spent billions of dollars settling lawsuits and criminal cases.
Even if this is true, 2025 is a jubilee year. There will be so many pilgrims to the Vatican and donations would skyrocket
The Pope should just issue a Papal Bull that God has forgiven the Vatican’s debts. And their creditors won’t be able to argue, as he’s literally infallible.
Now there’s a political crisis that would be fun to watch unfold!
I’m tired of all this current stuff that seems to destroy lives as it unfolds.
Can we get a good old fashioned pope/antipope fight while we’re at it? Two claimants to the throne of St. Peter, and the first act of each is to excommunicate the other!
Well it’s a good thing they have all that priceless art they can sell…
Do museums actually do that?
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.
I see a business opportunity here, who knows how to code a website 🤑😋?
They don’t need to sell anything. They’re sitting on the horde of Rome’s wealth along with all the nazi gold the church took in during WWII. They have the wealth to easily pay their debts but would rather enter into bankruptcy than actually pay them.
Sell some of that gold they’ve bought and or stolen in the last millenia or two.
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
The idea of the pope marginalizing a group because they’re sinners is pretty sad, given he has dedicated his life to teaching that literally every ordinary human is a sinner. Among other things.
Then that being too progressive for Joe Catholic is even more sad.
Unfortunately, what it is NOT is surprising. White Catholic family here. They dehumanize just as well as the rest of the conservatives.
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I haven’t followed any of that news. Sounds like some fun reading I’ll have to catch up on!
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Hahahah yeah 'cos the Church just loooves that shit
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