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Pope Francis: Act charitably, take in immigrants—or give up tax-free status
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<blockquote data-quote="SuperCloud" data-source="post: 68621169" data-attributes="member: 357959"><p>That would put it in a different context.</p><p></p><p>The only one I was aware of being paid by the government was the Catholic Church in Germany.</p><p></p><p>But last time I read--some years ago--the German Catholic Church alone spends more money on Latin America than the United States Government/Nations budget for world development.</p><p></p><p>So, that's not regarded as newsworthy by the news?</p><p></p><p>The German Catholic Church--so far as I know--is pretty liberal too. I believe they helped finance <strong>Liberation theology</strong> and the communist rebels in Latin America decades ago.</p><p></p><p>Although, there might be a lot of financial/spiritual corruption related to greed and money going on within the various Catholic religious orders throughout Europe. It amazes me some of the large and extravagant homes some of the European Bishops wanted to or built for themselves. And I'm not even against priests or Bishops (if they have not vowed poverty) living materially "well" or "rich." Have a large luxury home or condo, why not, you sacrificed marriage, kids, grandkids, earlier riches, a playboy life etc.</p><p></p><p>But do you REALLY need to get something the size of a castle? Come on. I'm kind of thinking at that point you're probably either really prosperity-doctrine Protestant or atheist at that point, because you'll seem to have no fear of eternal damnation for your soul.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuperCloud, post: 68621169, member: 357959"] That would put it in a different context. The only one I was aware of being paid by the government was the Catholic Church in Germany. But last time I read--some years ago--the German Catholic Church alone spends more money on Latin America than the United States Government/Nations budget for world development. So, that's not regarded as newsworthy by the news? The German Catholic Church--so far as I know--is pretty liberal too. I believe they helped finance [B]Liberation theology[/B] and the communist rebels in Latin America decades ago. Although, there might be a lot of financial/spiritual corruption related to greed and money going on within the various Catholic religious orders throughout Europe. It amazes me some of the large and extravagant homes some of the European Bishops wanted to or built for themselves. And I'm not even against priests or Bishops (if they have not vowed poverty) living materially "well" or "rich." Have a large luxury home or condo, why not, you sacrificed marriage, kids, grandkids, earlier riches, a playboy life etc. But do you REALLY need to get something the size of a castle? Come on. I'm kind of thinking at that point you're probably either really prosperity-doctrine Protestant or atheist at that point, because you'll seem to have no fear of eternal damnation for your soul. [/QUOTE]
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