Vatican “on the brink of Bankruptcy” due to dramatic decline in donations

a tardigrade playing a violin. the tardigrade is in grayscale, apparently having been imaged using a scanning electron microscope. there is a scale bar at the bottom right labeled 100μm. the violin is in full color and was presumably added to the image later using a digital image manipulation tool.

Except they have billions in stolen art and could liquidate it at any point. If not trillions, actually.

Nobody knows exactly what Vatican has but Porphyry Basin in the Vatican Museum is estimated to be worth 2$ billion alone (it was commissioned by Emperor Nero).

Vatican could literally end the world hunger with their treasure hoard.

Sell your fucking chair, you clown.

disgustingly gold chair

I'm going to need a really, /really/ small violin.

Thoughts and prayers!

Just pray. If your God is the creator of the universe, it's pretty likely he can handle the situation once you let him know.

Aww geez, our 1500 year old grift isn’t working as well as it used to, sad!

"Man who lives in a golden palace complains about money troubles. "

Thoughts and prayers.

Maybe they can save some money by protecting fewer pedos?

Anyone think this is some independently verified fact?

THEY’RE CLAIMING THIS TO GET OUT OF PAYING ALL THE LAWSUITS they get because of all the r4pe & 4bus3 of little children

Can all the nations they stole artifacts and trinkets from get them back when they declare bankruptcy? /s

Well it's a good thing they have all that priceless art they can sell...

What little concessions they made to progressives was far too little too late while former popes sided with child abusers and rapists.

Bullshit. They own more land than damn near any other entity on the planet. The whole celibacy thing was so the priest could not take the church owning and give them to non-church kids.

Hurting for money? Sell some land. Then pay for the abuse lawsuits some more.

Good for them, I guess?

"Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”

worlds smallest violin

Just sell some real estate…. They’ll be fine.

Time to start selling Indulgences again.

Good

Too busy donating to Trump

Oh no...

Good

Of course people are blaming him being too accepting of trans people, his view of "let them survive but they're sinners unwelcome to the eucharist" is unfortunately far too progressive for some.

Fortunately the church of Jesus of Nazareth will prioritize profit over peace and love

lol

Probably the best news I've read so far today.

Are these bastards really thinking we are going to believe their mafia like enterprise is supported by charitable donations?

Have they tried institutionally raping children and covering it up for decades if not centuries?

Oh, they have... Darn.

Those grifters have had a good run for two millenia. As scams go, I'd say it was pretty successful - and still is, sadly.

Maybe donating and praying to your favorite imaginary sky buddy doesn't actually solve anything.

Ummmm... Fuck them?

Even if this is true, 2025 is a jubilee year. There will be so many pilgrims to the Vatican and donations would skyrocket

Somebody should lunch an indulgence-based cryptocoin. Buy your way to paradise today!

What? BS.

good, time to disband that pedo-clown organisation

One the planets largest landlords going bankrupt? I imagine they can cover the spread and still dress like trans-wizards until the lord returns.

I'm sure if they switched from molesting kids they could make some money jerking off grown men

Irish Star is as reliable as Alex Jones.

The Catholic Church remains one of the world's wealthiest organizations.

Sell some of that gold they've bought and or stolen in the last millenia or two.

Looks like indulgences are back on the menu, boys!

Are you sure it's not because you've had to pay billions of dollars in settlements for priests raping children?

Are you sure that's not why?

Best news I’ve heard in a while

Oh, no. Guess they'll have to sell some of those golden trinkets they have

Just ask god for money? I mean, isn't it omnisicent and omnipotent?

LET
THEM
EAT
CAKE

I guess those tithes just aren't paying.

I wonder how that can be. The Catholic Church owns real estate in almost every city in Europe, usually several buildings in larger cities, often in prime locations. Especially since these properties are only a fraction of the church's financial assets, the rental income alone should be enough to finance the church for all eternity.