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SCVDem

(5,103 posts) Mon Mar 11, 2013, 09:59 PM Mar 2013

A vow of poverty?

Has anyone noticed what brings these Cardinals to the Vatican?

I saw high end Mercedes and BMWs.

Funny, one would expect Yugos if the vow were sincere.

I guess that just applies to the rest of us mere lay people.

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A vow of poverty? (Original Post) SCVDem Mar 2013 OP

Vatican = big $$$$$! It's the biggest old boys' club ripoff going on for eons. n/t RKP5637 Mar 2013 #1

It's The Parishioners Who Take The Vow - Don't You Get It. TheMastersNemesis Mar 2013 #2

They'd tell you they don't own any of it Warpy Mar 2013 #3

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RKP5637

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1. Vatican = big $$$$$! It's the biggest old boys' club ripoff going on for eons. n/t

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Mon Mar 11, 2013, 10:01 PM

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TheMastersNemesis

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2. It's The Parishioners Who Take The Vow - Don't You Get It.

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Mon Mar 11, 2013, 10:53 PM

Mar 2013

Warpy

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3. They'd tell you they don't own any of it

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Mon Mar 11, 2013, 10:58 PM

Mar 2013

but that the church does. That's a pretty good dodge, all the benefits of being on a par with the crowned heads (and plutocrats) while being able to claim poverty.

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