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The Hidden Wealth of the Catholic Church - SPIEGEL ONLI... - 6/16/2010 7:19:48 PM   
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Financial Scandals: The Hidden Wealth of the Catholic Church - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

The Catholic Church is currently being shaken by a number of financial scandals, not only in Franconia but also in Augsburg, another Bavarian city, where Bishop Walter Mixa's dip into funds from a foundation that runs children's homes recently made headlines.

More than €40 million have gone missing in the Diocese of Magdeburg in eastern Germany, €5 million have disappeared in Limburg near Frankfurt, and it was recently discovered that a senior priest in the Diocese of Münster had 30 secret bank accounts. And while parishes throughout Germany are cutting jobs and funds for community work, many bishops are still living on the high horse. A brand-new residence? An ostentatious home for their retirement? Restoration of a Marian column to the tune of €120,000? None of these expenditures presents a problem to high-ranking church officials from Trier in the west to Passau in the southeastern corner of Bavaria, whose coffers are brimming with cash.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0%2C1518%2C700513%2C00.html






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RE: The Hidden Wealth of the Catholic Church - SPIEGEL ... - 6/16/2010 7:29:13 PM   
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RE: The Hidden Wealth of the Catholic Church - SPIEGEL ... - 6/16/2010 10:41:12 PM   
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Just another example of men claiming to be religious who have lost their religion.

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RE: The Hidden Wealth of the Catholic Church - SPIEGEL ... - 6/17/2010 2:40:52 AM   
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Status: offline 		And here lies a few examples of a career in the church resulting in wealth, for the church has hidden all manner of criminals under it's gowns.

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RE: The Hidden Wealth of the Catholic Church - SPIEGEL ... - 6/17/2010 2:42:33 AM   
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RE: The Hidden Wealth of the Catholic Church - SPIEGEL ... - 6/17/2010 2:57:31 AM   
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Status: offline 		All those conqests of the past, conquests under the guise of bringing the word of God to heathen peoples just for gold to be brought back to pay the church for financing expeditions.

It was always a problem for me, just why the church needed wealth, why did it see fit to adorn it's churches with precious metals rarely anyone saw except for in a church, could it be even the sight of gold in abundance equals wealth and there power, power through wealth and of that wealth, gold stolen from other people and often disease left behind and laws were there were none before.

The church through history, has it ever been anything but a control, power, wealth equation that the hungry saw fit to use.


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RE: The Hidden Wealth of the Catholic Church - SPIEGEL ... - 6/17/2010 5:21:37 AM   
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RE: The Hidden Wealth of the Catholic Church - SPIEGEL ... - 6/17/2010 7:09:42 AM   
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I know I have suggested this before, but I think you would be a lot happier if you just got a job and made a little money of your own. Then you wouldn't have to be so jealous of those who have some.


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RE: The Hidden Wealth of the Catholic Church - SPIEGEL ... - 6/17/2010 7:11:17 AM   
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ORIGINAL: eyesopened

It is a theory that pope John Paul I was murdered because of his investigation into vatican banking.  Just a theory but there have been weaker motives for murder.  Just sayin'.


I had never heard that one, but it wouldn't surprise me at all.


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