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> I'm sorry, but... as a Catholic the choice is obvious to me In the UK the 13th largest landowner is the church. If it used its lands to build at average dens

• sofixa 3y ago
  That's just regular church stuff in countries with organised centralised religion. That's why one of the major things the French Revolution did was first sell bonds against Church land, then directly sell off that land. It was wasted on the Church and the state needed the money and more productive use out of it (taxes, because of course Church land wasn't taxed).
• Dig1t 3y ago
  I’m not religious, but it is worth noting that the Catholic Church does provide an insane amount of charity to the less fortunate. Their churches do take up space but they also do provide a ridiculous amount of shelter and free food for poor people.
• rawgabbit 3y ago
  The Catholic Church own land in the UK?
  • ta1243 3y ago
    Globally the catholic church alone "owns" more land than the entire of France. It's total wealth is measured in dozens of billions of dollars. Obviously this is lower in the UK due to henry viii who confiscated it and gave some to his mates and formed a new church with all that land, but it's the same type of organisation. Personally I'm of the opinion that no entity should own land, it should be rented from the people according to the value, but that's a minority opinion.