Posted: Jan 20, 2014 8:00 am
willhud9 wrote:
Well again as pointed out in other threads. The Church donates a lot to charity. It is the largest private donor in the United States. If it got rid of all its wealth it wouldn't have anything to give.
How much and to which charities? Probably Catholic ones, so that the recipients will grow up to be good Catholics and in turn hand over "lots" of money to the Church.
As for the opulence of the Vatican, one can say its obsessive, but remember a lot of it is historical from the renaissance where Patrons were paid to make the artwork in glory for God. If the Vatican were to up and sell it or get rid of it there goes a huge chunk of history.
So why not make it into a museum? Get rid of the corruption, and the unnecessary personal wealth and opulence. The cost of the pope's wardrobe would build a school.