Posted on 04/20/2025 3:13:20 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
About 12 hours. :-)
Catholic Charities doesn’t support the Vatican. They get most of their money from tourism (pilgrims, museum admissions, etc. — all way down), stamp sales (don’t know how that’s doing), and the “Peter’s Pence” collection (way, way, down). The Vatican was struggling a bit financially before +Francis; now they’re in serious trouble.
Importing poor people from Latin America who work at unskilled or semi-skilled manual labor jobs and often have a lot of kids to support won't put much money in the collection basket.
If money in the collection basket was the goal, recruit doctors, lawyers, and businessmen.
The collection plates are full where they come from.
I don’t believe you. Many places in Latin America, the Catholic churches are empty on Sunday (and the rest of the week).
I’m not sure what you are referring to, but maybe this applies:
If God has given mankind directives on sexuality, and warns of grave consequences when we neglect them, then should I not also, like He, show concern for those who relegate right and wrong merely as a private preference? As in concern for the future of their soul and the souls of those whom they will scandalize.
It then follows that it is found in holy scripture, that we should confess our sins to one another. That does not exclude private offenses against God’s word.
I was just making a joke using the highly unusual word, that’s all. Not serious.
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