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Okay, Francis, you and the Catholic church first. Many billions of dollars to parcel out.

Well obviously this Pope should not lecture anyone on finances.... However dawg, for some context...and since the Pope only heads the Church...he is NOT THE Church...

Figures for ALL combined yearly charitable spending is reported to be in the $30-40 BILLion range...The entirety of Catholic Church charity throughout the entire world however is inestimable.

The Roman Catholic Church employs over 1 million people - and is the largest non-government provider of health care services in the world. It operates around 18,000 clinics, 16,000 homes for the elderly and those with special needs, and 5,500 hospitals, with 65 percent of them located in developing countries...

In addition, the Catholic Church operates the world's largest non-governmental school system. In 2016, the church supported 43,800 secondary schools, and 95,200 primary schools in the world. These are NOT widely known facts....

As our stolen election installed President* is know to say.... its a pretty big deal.....

That may very well all be true, but it was not what I was referencing. The pope was referring to an entirely different concept as he quoted ‘no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, but everything they owned was held in common.’ as if we should all do that. If the Catholic church needs to keep its wealth intact to accomplish good, then the same concept applies to all of us, does it not?