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You’re absolutely right that I misread his comment, thanks Still, my larger point is that while they all follow the pope, they also are all individual groups w
by kulahan 1y ago
You’re absolutely right that I misread his comment, thanks
Still, my larger point is that while they all follow the pope, they also are all individual groups with their own finances, problems, and goals. The idea that the pope might sell one church to support another, for instance, is not how it could work in reality.
- defrost 1y agoHow it has worked, until recently at least, is opaquely with little real oversight into various national chapters or into the more octopus like tendrils of the central body. It's been only a decade since any real effort has been applied to financial transperancy in the Catholic Church affairs: Financial reform shows crafty political side of pope (2014) - https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/world/2014/02/25/financial-reform-shows-crafty-political-side-pope/PeipxfhuftqKNvUIGO7mKK/story.html https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/world/2014/02/25/financial-... Whatever that was or may still be under a new Pope was likely disrupted by the court room adventures of Cardinal George Pell. > The idea that the pope might sell one church to support another My read, admittedly a skim some years back, of Catholic Church real estate reports is that church property ownerships are a small part of a larger, much larger, real estate portfolio that includes mueseums, schools, apratment complexes, large historic multi-million dollar houses with spectacular views in Sydney, commercial office complexes for rent, etc.