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[–] jollyroberts@jolly-piefed.jomandoa.net 99 points 4 days ago (4 children)

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.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

Exactly plus the millions in treasure they have under the Vatican.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

How about all those hospitals? Sell them to local owners, force them to be non profit and pay off the resale victims the Vatican created.

[–] blindsight@beehaw.org 1 points 2 days ago

Bankruptcy seems like a stretch, indeed. But those assets are largely not income generating, aside from donations and tourism. With those on the decline, their value situation is worsening.

Hopefully, they'll be forced to sell their "priceless" artifacts until there's nothing left.