Could the Catholic Church End Poverty?
I’m no fan of organised religion at the best of times, but this article by Steve Pavlina gave me some food for thought. Musing on the wealth of the Catholic Church, Steve estimates that they have several billion dollars worth of gold alone:
According to United Nations World Magazine, the Church has several billion dollars in gold alone, and when you consider their massive worldwide real estate holdings, their artwork collection, and their tax exempt status, the amount of wealth controlled by the Catholic Church is staggering.
Whatever the true figure, the fact remains that the Catholic Church is unimaginably wealthy. Do these riches sit untouched, hoarded somewhere while people are starving, destitute and in despair all around the world?
Maybe I’m missing a major piece of the jigsaw here, but surely some of this unholy treasure could be sold off and used to assist developing countries in a real way? I’d be interested to hear some of your thoughts.
It dosen’t matter how much and how often you want to give, the Cathoic Church, the same as every other Christian Church believes, like Tesco’s, “Every Little Helps”. But just look at all the valuable advice churchgoers get such as, Give generously - Donate till It Hurts and Its Better To Give Than To Recieve! Oh an then there is always the other stuff in two completely apposite categories, (1)You should not be doing that. (2) You should be doing that. Mr Levee you have done yourself a disfavour. I believe you mibht now, have to pay your way into heaven. BTW You can pay by installments.