Posted on 02/08/2021 6:06:02 PM PST by ebb tide
Bishops have been grabbing for government money with both hands while sitting atop billions of dollars.
On Feb. 4, the Associated Press released a thorough report showing how U.S. bishops raked in $3 billion in taxpayer money — originally meant to help small businesses weather the China virus lockdowns.
The scandal is that the bishops really didn't need the money. For nearly two decades, bishops have been consolidating diocesan finances in an effort to keep their money away from sex abuse victims.
After almost 20 years of assuring Catholics and the world that clerical sex abuse was a sin of the past, the 2018 Summer of Shame proved that sex abuse is still an ongoing problem. And after two years of meetings and synods, nothing has been done to curb clerical homosexuality — the main cause of clerical sex abuse.
This happened in the United States where church attendance has been at an all-time low. On top of that, Catholic schools — including those that have been open for 100 years — have been closing at an alarming rate.
Now, it's become painfully evident many bishops replaced their love of God for love of the world.Tweet
In July, the federal government instituted the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), designed to give cash to small businesses to keep them from closing. As expected, bishops stepped out of their mansions and into the breadlines, scoring more than $3 billion in taxpayer cash.
They claimed Catholic schools needed the money to keep going while keeping their stock portfolios and endowments fat with cash, even though Church employees were laid off.
The bishops frittered away their moral authority over decades of silence in the face of evil beginning with contraception. Now, it's become painfully evident many bishops replaced their love of God for love of the world.
To learn more, watch today's episode of The Download — Billionaire Bishops.
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The catholic church is so broken...top to bottom
And let us not forget the scam Catholic Refugee assistance “charities.” The Catholic church is a criminal enterprise, They sure live large on their vow of poverty. “But but but.... He carried his own luggage.”
The love of money corrupts.
I am very grateful for my Catholic school education and am happy that many children are benefitting now.
The US Catholic Bishops have been taking money to resettle “refugees” for decades.
I remember the Diocese of Washington asking for money and promising that the money would never go to pay victims of sexual abuse. My BS detector went off the scale, I believe the money was going to replace the money they already paid out.
Why should the Catholic Church be any less corrupt than the rest of society?
There are some Protestant groups doing it, too.
No reason at all.
Well, that certainly makes it all right.
I hope nobody brings up Americas most beloved preacher, Joel Osteen.
“The Catholic church is a criminal enterprise”
And an enemy of the American people.
“pope” frankie is an idolatrous commie fag.
That's quite a stretch. Something "Heels-up" Kamala would say.
That doesn’t mean there’s not good people in it.
“Why should the Catholic Church be any less corrupt than the rest of society?”
Seems obvious, but few people seem to make the connection:
Any religion’s people as a whole, amd especially their leaders, should proveably act better, more moral, than the average group of sinners. Significantly, demonstrably, obviously better. Otherwise, their religion doesn’t improve people, and is a sham.
Before I listen to anyone claiming to have a better path to God, I watch how they act. Individually, and as a group. If their path really is better, so should they be. It really is that simple.
And it’s a major reason why I left the Catholic church. The hypocrisy drowned out their message. So I spent a few years and explored other flavors of Christianity, and found the same hypocrisy, same angry people, no difference in they way they act compared to anyone else.
So I explored several other non-Christian religions. And I’ve found Budhists to be the least hypocritical, least angry, and most at peace day-by-day than any other organized religion. I tend to listen more to them now. I want what they have.
Check out the 21st Koan of the Mumonkan. My copy describes the Buddha as “Ein aufgetrockneter Schmutzspatel.” You might not want to go there.
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