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He's a religious priest which means he cannot own anything other than personal accoutrements. Even if he were to take paid employment before becoming pope, he w
by anon291 1y ago
He's a religious priest which means he cannot own anything other than personal accoutrements. Even if he were to take paid employment before becoming pope, he would have to give it away.
- wl 1y agoThat vow of poverty goes away once a religious priest is consecrated a bishop. https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iuris-canonici/eng/documents/cic_lib2-cann607-709_en.html#CHAPTER_VII https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iuris-canonici/eng/docume....