Posted on 03/23/2023 12:31:24 PM PDT by ebb tide
ROME — The economically-ailing Vatican has inaugurated a 120,000-square-foot shopping mall to cater to the millions of tourists and pilgrims that visit it each year.
After eating millions of dollars in losses on bad investments and running a serious deficit for several years in a row, the Vatican has opened the “Caput Mundi” Mall a stone’s throw from Saint Peter’s Basilica as an added revenue stream to supplement its flagging finances.
The new mall boasts over 40 boutiques featuring select Italian and foreign brands and includes clothing, accessories, jewelry, toys, cosmetics, and an exclusive and innovative food hall complete with a sushi bar.
Caput Mundi is adorned with an eclectic collection of contemporary artworks, including five original pieces by gay icon Andy Warhol.
The irony of the Vatican’s first shopping mall being launched during the pontificate of Pope Francis, a caustic critic of capitalism who has called for “a poor church for the poor,” has been lost on no one.
Earlier this month, the pontiff abolished housing discounts for cardinals, bishops, and other Vatican officials, citing a need to increase “revenues from the management of real estate assets.”
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Guess where checkout is. The confessional, and at which a credit card reader is provided therein. And, the more you charge, the more you are getting closer to God! And don’t forget the poor pets.
A city-state which covers only 109 acres. And the mall is situated on the top of a parking garage which was built with public funding.
Everything Made in Italy?
What time is Bingo?
I’m curious as to whether Bergoglio’s mall will be open on Sundays.
/sarc
Fair enough. Is the fake pope gonna bless Gucci loafers and Prada bags?
I gotta get my bid in to paint the ceiling.
Next is a place that teaches you both how to sin and to beg forgiveness.
Where is the “Indulgences Store”?
You get those through the website now. There's an app....
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What time is Bingo?
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BINGO! That there was a funny one!
Never mind. I found the answer.
Chick-Fil-A is more catholic than Bergoglio.
I’m curious as to whether Bergoglio’s mall will be open on Sundays.
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Open 24/7 all year round EXCEPT Kwanzaa Day and June 28.
Is the fake pope gonna bless Gucci loafers and Prada bags?
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Of course he will because those items are as fake as he is. They’re knock-offs produced in the slums of Naples by the Camorra Mafia in the region of Campania!
But no Triduum TLM Masses will be allowed anywhere, per the capitalist dictator pope.
Tacky. We left a church because they were selling banana bread to raise money. Jesus has a problem with merchandising in church. Y’think He might just stop by the Vatican Mall and start kicking over checkout counters?
A great irony that the pope who hates Latin mass opens a mall with Latin name. Caput mundi? Ha, more like Spiritus Mundi.
"...a baptismal kiddie pool in the communion food court next to the all-nun Hooters."
We could call it “Mad Marty’s Eternal Security. Go forth and sin boldly!”
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