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[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 136 points 22 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 65 points 20 hours ago (4 children)

Don't just leave those laying around, something will fi-- aww damnit, too late...

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 15 hours ago

Oh shiiiiiii

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[–] Codilingus@sh.itjust.works 13 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

This is amazing, it took me a few seconds to realize that is a very tiny violin.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

It’s from an electron microscope and was made via lithography IIRC

[–] fatalicus@lemmy.world 12 points 20 hours ago

Does it give a close look at peoples choices?

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 8 points 14 hours ago
[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 19 points 17 hours ago

Oh, no. Guess they'll have to sell some of those golden trinkets they have

Just ask god for money? I mean, isn't it omnisicent and omnipotent?

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 10 points 15 hours ago

They might need to auction off one of those reptilian skeletons they have in the secret basement.

[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 95 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

Perhaps they should sell off some of the tons and tons of gold stuff they have.

[–] Voyajer@lemmy.world 8 points 14 hours ago

Or their huge amounts of foreign land

[–] Yodan@lemm.ee 33 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

There's a whole crypt of nicely dressed absolutely dead people who most certainly don't need to be wearing rubies and gold and diamonds all over their bones.

[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 33 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

That needle must have a pretty big eye

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[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 12 points 20 hours ago

Maybe they should put their bones in a museum for profit? Come see Saint (whomever)

We do it all the time with brown peoples bones. Why not pope's bones?

[–] workerONE@lemmy.world 40 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I'm sure if they switched from molesting kids they could make some money jerking off grown men

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[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 86 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (2 children)

Paying out legal claims and bribes from all the sexual abuse scandals are not cheap.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 12 points 21 hours ago

Naw, they just move all the assets out of the diocese and declare bankruptcy.

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[–] dumbass@leminal.space 10 points 16 hours ago

Nawww poor little pedophiles.

[–] DougHolland@lemmy.world 34 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Irish Star is as reliable as Alex Jones.

The Catholic Church remains one of the world's wealthiest organizations.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 9 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

You can have a high net worth and go through bankruptcy.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 5 points 13 hours ago

The number of people who don't understand the difference between cash flow and assets astounds me.

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 9 points 16 hours ago

Bootstraps bitches. Pull em up!

[–] BetaBlake@lemmy.world 12 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

But God needs more money! C'mon everybody chip in, he needs his moneeeey!

[–] morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de 48 points 22 hours ago

good, time to disband that pedo-clown organisation

[–] HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today 46 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

One the planets largest landlords going bankrupt? I imagine they can cover the spread and still dress like trans-wizards until the lord returns.

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 7 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Since that fable will never become reality, probably not.

[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 8 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Regardless they can probably sell some shit and cover their debts

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 9 points 22 hours ago

They’ve been doing that. I know of quite a bit of land owned by the church that they’ve sold around me.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

Maybe they can set up a loops server and just do remote mass shorts? They'll have to jump for jebus with different dresses.

[–] beefbot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 20 hours ago
  • LET
  • THEM
  • EAT
  • CAKE
[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 30 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Have they tried NOT having Sex with Kids?

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 32 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

That part was fine. According to the article, what's causing the issue is that Pope Francis said they should help the poor and that climate change is real, and all their scattered asshole donation-makers in all corners of the world got butthurt and turned down the money faucet.

[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 15 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

How dare the Catholic Church be a force for good!

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 6 points 20 hours ago

You know that American Catholics are like a tiny portion of the worldwide church right?

[–] Mog_fanatic@lemmy.world 6 points 19 hours ago

Whoa whoa let's not get carried away. That's a load bearing pillar of the church pal

[–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 16 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

I wonder how that can be. The Catholic Church owns real estate in almost every city in Europe, usually several buildings in larger cities, often in prime locations. Especially since these properties are only a fraction of the church's financial assets, the rental income alone should be enough to finance the church for all eternity.

[–] locuester@lemmy.zip 22 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Organizations that own that amount of stuff borrow against it to buy even more stuff and as it all goes up in value they borrow more and buy more stuff. In an endless loop. And people call crypto a scam 🤔

Owning that much in assets typically means you also have a lot of debt. Particularly with generational, wealthy, corrupt organizations.

Point being, they can be on the brink of bankruptcy even when owning half of Europe if they can’t service the debt they wound up.

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 12 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

They can be broke or rich depending on how they feel that day. They cook the books because they're their own country. They are truly a gang operation. My guess is they want you talking about them being broke as opposed to them being caught with more priests molesting children today.

AG report details abuse allegations against 52 priests, deacons in Diocese of Lansing

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[–] Dippy@beehaw.org 1 points 11 hours ago

Oh no. Well anyways

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 18 points 22 hours ago

I wish.

Doubt they’ll even have to sell a diocese.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 10 points 21 hours ago

I'm sure God will save them .... by wiring them a few billion dollars

[–] MacStache@programming.dev 3 points 16 hours ago

Pfffft... Yeah right.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 7 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

It could be. I haven't heard of the Irish Star. I couldn't decide whether it was bullshit propaganda designed to sound Pope Francis sound like a problem, bullshit propaganda designed to attract clicks and nothing else, truth presented with the goal of making Pope Francis sound like a problem, or what really happened. I decided to post it and stop worrying about it.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 9 points 21 hours ago

Being owned by Reach plc is definitely not a reassuring sign of credibility. Highlights of other news outlets they own include the Daily Star straight up inventing an interview with Dwayne Johnson in 2019, the Daily Express having such a bizarre obsession with Princess Diana that they still pt her name in the headlines about once a week to this day, and the Daily Mirror seemingly doing its "journalism" primarily by the method of hacking into celebrities' personal voicemails throughout most of the 00s

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 12 points 22 hours ago

something about rich man in the kingdom of heaven right?

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