heartallonfire: Please excuse the language…but I’ve posted about this before: http://heartallonfire.tumblr.com/post/7808872664/ok-this-is-wrong-1-the-pope-does-not-own However, I will say it again.  The Catholic Church is the LARGEST CHARITY IN THE WORLD. We do more for the poor, the desolate, the homeless, the infirm, the orphan, the AIDs victim and the war victim than any other organization or country in the world. Judas also rebukes the woman who used expensive oil to annoint Christ’s feet. When Judas says it would have been better to sell the oil and give the money to the poor, Christ says “the poor will be with you always”. The Church knows this and so yes, we could sell all the artwork and historical artifacts we have and give all the money to the poor, but once it runs out…there will still be the poor and now no money. Revenue is created because people come to see these artifacts, which allows the Catholic Church to keep taking care of the poor. ignorance these days. “ Harvard has 691 acres in three campuses. The Vatican has 110 acres. So Harvard is 6 times larger than the Vatican. The Vatican employs about 3,500 people, Harvard has about 21,000 students and about 11,000 employees… And now here’s the kicker: the Vatican, at least in 2007, had a surplus of $10 million dollars. ($10,000,000) Harvard has an endowment of $27.4 Billion ($27,400,000,000) so in a certain sense, Harvard is 2,740 times richer than the pope. Next time someone says to you why doesn’t the pope do more to help the poor, just say, ‘Maybe Harvard could kick in a little.’ ”-Rev. Richard T. Simon

heartallonfire:

Please excuse the language…but I’ve posted about this before: http://heartallonfire.tumblr.com/post/7808872664/ok-this-is-wrong-1-the-pope-does-not-own

However, I will say it again.

 The Catholic Church is the LARGEST CHARITY IN THE WORLD. We do more for the poor, the desolate, the homeless, the infirm, the orphan, the AIDs victim and the war victim than any other organization or country in the world.

Judas also rebukes the woman who used expensive oil to annoint Christ’s feet. When Judas says it would have been better to sell the oil and give the money to the poor, Christ says “the poor will be with you always”. The Church knows this and so yes, we could sell all the artwork and historical artifacts we have and give all the money to the poor, but once it runs out…there will still be the poor and now no money. Revenue is created because people come to see these artifacts, which allows the Catholic Church to keep taking care of the poor.

ignorance these days.

“ Harvard has 691 acres in three campuses. The Vatican has 110 acres. So Harvard is 6 times larger than the Vatican. The Vatican employs about 3,500 people, Harvard has about 21,000 students and about 11,000 employees… And now here’s the kicker: the Vatican, at least in 2007, had a surplus of $10 million dollars. ($10,000,000) Harvard has an endowment of $27.4 Billion ($27,400,000,000) so in a certain sense, Harvard is 2,740 times richer than the pope. Next time someone says to you why doesn’t the pope do more to help the poor, just say, ‘Maybe Harvard could kick in a little.’ ”-Rev. Richard T. Simon