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This is golden : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vatican_latin_atm.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vatican_latin_atm.jpg Latin enabled ATM in the Vati
by Kurtz79 14y ago
This is golden :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vatican_latin_atm.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vatican_latin_atm.jpg
Latin enabled ATM in the Vatican.
- astine 14y agoI've used that machine. There's an option for English.
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- pixelbath 14y agoAre only priests allowed in the Vatican now?
- protomyth 14y agoTechnically, even if the machines were used only by priest, Catholic priest are not always required to take a Vow of Poverty. Certain orders do take one, some do not.
- josso 14y agoWhy do developers need to be paid so much? Can't they just live in their moms basement and work in the garage?
- fmsf 14y agoDeleted the comment to avoid offending people with that joke. But you can't compare developers with priests. I don't see being a priest as being a job, it is rather a life commitment to follow a certain path which includes "being poor". I was just joking because they never are, and in catholic countries like mine they often have a higher than average living standard.
- protomyth 14y agoProbably because Catholic priests are not universally required to take a Vow of Poverty. A notable group in the Church that does take the vow are Jesuits.
- joshuacc 14y agoA commitment to the Catholic priesthood is not a commitment to being poor. It is possible for a very wealthy man to become a priest while retaining his personal wealth, because the Church has no hard and fast rules on the subject. Religious orders such as the Dominicans, Franciscans, and Benedictines, whose members are often (not always) priests make a vow of poverty. Ordinary diocesan priests do not.
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- _djo_ 14y agoThat kind of snarky & sarcastic comment is misdirected though, because the residents of the Vatican need to be able to buy stuff just like the rest of us do, it's hardly a signifier of unwarranted wealth. Nor are all Cardinals wealthy. Even Protestant denominations without a central church authority to accumulate vast sums of money insist on paying their priests/pastors a high enough wage to allow them to live comfortably but not richly. There are plenty of opportunities to legitimately criticise the Catholic Church for its numerous problems, so why derail an interesting thread about a worthwhile topic?
- fmsf 14y agoDidn't intended to offend anyone, apologies
- alex-g 14y agoThe combination of Latin and Comic Sans is really weird.