vatican owns london propertys

[halfspanishlee]

: Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said that the Catholic Church will be forced to pay tax on non-religious buildings in the country this year, potentially raising £598 million in additional tax

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[Motherhen]

According to this article, the money was acquired from Mussolini as a bribe:

the church's international portfolio has been built up over the years, using cash originally handed over by Mussolini in return for papal recognition of the Italian fascist regime in 1929.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/21/vatican-secret-property-empire-mussolini

It also raises questions as to what the pope spent the money on.

[LeslieDean]

wine, women, and song

[sunshine]

Can you imagine how much money the Vatican actually has worldwide? It boggles the imagination, no wonder Babylon is eventually stripped naked, the billions will eventually just be too tempting for the governements.

[rozeth]

yet upon Jehovah they keep supporting themselves saying ":Is not Jehovah in the midst of us?

there will come upon us no calamity."

Micah 3:11