Why does the Pope live like a King?
I heard the current pope keeps an apartment outside of the Vatican for 3 cats, which other clergy clean up after. Does this sound like a responsible use of funds? Especially at a time when the LA nuns are being tossed in the street? What other apartments does he have? Perhaps one for cigars? Perhaps one for a vinyard? Maybe one for wardrobe and another for gold? Actually, I guess gold could be kept at the vatican with the rest of it they stole from the Jews during the Holocost. Anyway, does anyone find anything wrong with this picture? What happened to the vow of poverty? It doesn't apply if you are a Pope? I forgot to mention, the LA nuns are being kicked to the street, because they paid out 600 million for victoms of the pedifile priest from the Catholic Church. I am sorry, which part of this is a lie? Please do your research.
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Exactly why I hate religion.
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Because he is the false prophet of Revelation.
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You have no idea the corruption of the Catholic Church. What you mention is only the start. In fact, so you keep your sanity, just walk away from this question alltogether. The Catholic Traditions are as corrupt as the Pope you mention..."Vicar of Christ" Ha!
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You know its very un Christian to lie? And that is all you do in every one of you posts: LIE The pope has no personal assets. When John Paul II died, fe had one thing in his will: A pair of leather shoes, which he left to a friend. You're no Christian. You're a bigot and a hater.
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Really?
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more evidence that this cult id not founded by God but my men wanting to exalt themselves.
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The people that own them do not charge rent, so it really does take up funds. The pope ownes very little, most of everything you see was donated to the church. AND the pope was given a choice- join the Hitler Youth or watch them kill his family. EDIT: the nuns arnt being kicked out on the street, they are just being moved.
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hang the pope.
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All the high up priests live in luxury.
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The pope has nothing--he has taken a vow of poverty. WHen the last pope died, he left nothing but his clothing and some wrtiings. As for his cats, how I wish I could be in a position to care for more animals than I already do. ANimals are creations of GOd, just as people. Where else should he keep his cats, at the church with him?
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Let me just take a minute to bust a gut laughing at this statement from the "Catholic Crusader": "You're no Christian. You're a bigot and a hater." Can irony go further? As for the pope, he lives that way because he's worshiped (or no, I know, not "worshiped," but merely treated with total deference and doted upon) by millions of Catholics. Basically, he's their figurehead, exactly like the Queen of England, except infallible. And yeah, it IS pretty despicable about the nuns being kicked out of their low-income housing because the Church has to foot the bill for its pedophile priests.
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John RatNAZInger lives like a Fuhrer because he has so many sheep.
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He lives like a King besause he is one actually. He is the King for over 2 billion people. A third of the people on Earth. They do not even need a country anymore. Just the Vatican City. What happened to those nuns sucks, but hey, sacrifices must be made.
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He is having his reward on earth as there will be no place for popes in gods coming kingdom.
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because it is all a lie
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Not all clergy take vows of poverty. That is reserved for Monks and Friars, and others cloistered in religious life. Most priests, if they have personal wealth keep it separate from their Priestly life and duties. Perhaps Benedict's apartment where you allege he keeps three cats is the only thing he can call his own. His residence in the Vatican is reserved for any who hold his position; it is not "theirs." The Whitehouse here in the States, does not belong to any president in office, but to the people. Likewise The Vatican belongs to the church, not to the Pope. And his personal finances, though up for scrutiny due to his position, are none the less his own private matters.
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LOL
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because the church is a powerful, corrupt, vastly wealthy organisation that is materialistic, hypocritical and without morals. as long as their sheeple do as they are told and pay for their souls quietly, the church is happy. sadistic, but happy )o(
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The Papecy is the big ugly beast in Rev, so no it does not suprise me. I just wish that the one billion members of that church would hear Jesus calling them Rev 12:3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. Rev 13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. Rev 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
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