This is fascinating and a golden piece of information which I have only just learned about....
Non-violent formula for controlling the Jews
Mullins' NEW HISTORY of the JEWS
By Eustace Mullins
（日本語訳：ユダヤ問題解決の 三つの方法 ）
In all of recorded history, there was only one civilization which the Jews could not destroy. Because of this, they have given it the silent treatment. Few American college graduates with a Ph.D. degree could tell you what the Byzantine Empire was.
It was the Empire of East Rome, set up by Roman leaders after the Jews had destroyed Rome. This empire functioned in Constantinople for twelve hundred years, the longest duration of any empire in the history of the world.
Throughout the history of Byzantium, as it was known, by imperial edict, no Jew was allowed to hold any post in the Empire, nor was he allowed to educate the young. The Byzantine Empire finally fell to the Turks after twelve centuries of prosperity, and the Jews have attempted to wipe out all traces of its history.
Yet its edicts against the Jews were not cruel; in fact, the Jews lived unmolested and prosperously in the empire throughout its history, but here alone the vicious cycle of host and parasite did not take place.
It was a Christian civilization, and the Jews were not able to exercise any influence. Nor did the Orthodox priests bewilder their congregations with any vicious lies about Christ being a Jew.
No wonder the Jews want to eradicate the memory of such a culture.
It was Ezra Pound who launched upon a study of Byzantine civilization, and who reminded the world of this happily non-Jewish land.
From the Byzantines, Pound derived his no-violent formula for controlling the Jews.
"The answer to the Jewish problem is simple," he said.
"Keep them out of banking, out of education, out of government."
And this is how simple it is.
There is no need to kill the Jews. In fact, every pogrom in history has played into their hands, and has in many instances been cleverly instigated by them.
Get the Jews out of banking and they cannot control the economic life of the community.
Get the Jews out of education [& media] and they can not pervert the minds of the young [& old] to their subversive doctrines.
Get the Jews out of government and they cannot betray the nation.
Simply not true. The Justinian code forbade non Christians(Jews, pagans etc) from owning Christian slaves, but that was about it.
What isn't true? That Jews weren't allowed to hold positions of power or influence in that civilisation and the nation prospered because of it?
It reminds me of NS Germany prior to the Jews lighting the fuse which sparked WW2...
Laff for today
Hitler's pawn / today tool: "The jooOOoos MADE him do it
What a friking goofball ... this beats any bizarre theory he and his ilk has put forward to date
:crazy:
Refuted brilliantly as always by the resident Zionist. ac_toofunny
Very interesting Scouse :smiley_thumbs_up_yellow_ani:
I think I had seen the name Byzantine before, but hadnt looked into it.
Dude...you need to sign up for a tertiary education, or join the police force.
Either one of those erstwhile institutions would teach you a fundamental principle of proclaiming information to be fact; check your fucking sources!!!
"Eustace Clarence Mullins Jr. (March 9, 1923 – February 2, 2010)[1] was an antisemitic American writer, propagandist,[2] Holocaust denier, and disciple of the poet Ezra Pound.[3] His best-known book is The Secrets of The Federal Reserve, in which he alleged that several high-profile bankers had conspired to write the Federal Reserve Act for their own nefarious purposes, and then induced Congress to enact it into law. David Randall called Mullins "one of the world's leading conspiracy theorists."[4] The Southern Poverty Law Center described him as "a one-man organization of hate".[5] ".
Citing information as fact usually requires a source that is either objective...or identifies any special interest in the nature of the fact and it's possible influence. For example, people who work in the coal mining sector who pronounce that burning coal is non-polluting need to expose their vested interest. A scientist who simply researches and discovers coal is non polluting has no vested interest.
"Mullins was involved with a number of extremist right-wing and neofascist groups from the early 1950s through the 1990s.[32] These included the National Association for the Advancement of White People and James H. Madole's[15] organization, the National Renaissance Party (NRP).[33] In the early 1950s Mullins regularly[33] spoke in public at NRP demonstrations.[15] His then-roommate was Matt Koehl, later the leader of the American Nazi Party but at that time head of the NRP's "Security Echelon Guard."[15]
In the late 1950s Mullins also collaborated with self-proclaimed "scientific racist" Robert Kuttner, an associate editor of Charles Lee Smith's magazine, The Truth Seeker, in theorizing Kuttner's ideas on white supremacy. They cofounded the Institute for Biopolitics in 1958 in order to popularize Kuttner's theories and their precursors in the work of Morley Roberts.[33]
By the mid-1990s Mullins was "considered a national leader" in the constitutional militia movement.[34] He spoke regularly to militia groups across the United States during this time.[24] The Secrets of the Federal Reserve provided, in part, the theoretical underpinning of the movement's conspiracy theories about a secretive cabal of wealthy families controlling the international monetary system.[35] "
FAIL.
According to Mullins it was Ezra Pound who set him on the course of research that led to his writing The Secrets of The Federal Reserve
During that time, Pound was in the St. Elizabeth's Hospital for the Mentally Ill
In 1950 he helped Senator Joseph McCarthy in making claims about Communist Party funding sources.[9] He later stated that he believed McCarthy had "started to turn the tide against world communism"
Dude needs to learn to check his sources.
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Give Scouse a break. Until he posted this, he thought Constantinople was a condition cured by laxatives.
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During that time, Pound was in the St. Elizabeth's Hospital for the Mentally Ill
In 1950 he helped Senator Joseph McCarthy in making claims about Communist Party funding sources.[9] He later stated that he believed McCarthy had "started to turn the tide against world communism"
Seriously??? You accuse me of neglecting to check my sources while quoting from somewhere which cites a quote from the SPLC. :oeudC:
You dismiss everything stated here because the guy was Jew-wise and subsequently gained support from like minded individuals?
Just because a source leans in a certain direction doesn't automatically mean everything they say is false.
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Give Scouse a break. Until he posted this, he thought Constantinople was a condition cured by laxatives.
:roll:
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Yup!! Adviser @ Hospital for the Mentally Ill ... McCarthy helper .... when it gets that screwy, it usually gets worse .. it one gave a damn to look further
That quote was meant for Bricktop not cc.
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Give Scouse a break. Until he posted this, he thought Constantinople was a condition cured by laxatives.
:roll:
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Yup!!
How the hell is that even close to being funny?
Seriously, enlighten me...
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During that time, Pound was in the St. Elizabeth's Hospital for the Mentally Ill
In 1950 he helped Senator Joseph McCarthy in making claims about Communist Party funding sources.[9] He later stated that he believed McCarthy had "started to turn the tide against world communism"
Perhaps now is a good time for you to state your views on that Jewish cash-cow known as the Federal Reserve...
Should it be abolished or allowed to carry on fleecing the American tax payer?
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Give Scouse a break. Until he posted this, he thought Constantinople was a condition cured by laxatives.
:MG_216:
Maybe you would explain it to him. I was laffin too hard to type
'sides, seems to me it's self-explanatory
Now he's trying to change course from Byzantine to the "Fed" ffs ... not lettin him skipper any of my ships
Well, it's time to indulge my psychopath curiosity .... Mr Mercedes is on (series from Stephen King novel)
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During that time, Pound was in the St. Elizabeth's Hospital for the Mentally Ill
In 1950 he helped Senator Joseph McCarthy in making claims about Communist Party funding sources.[9] He later stated that he believed McCarthy had "started to turn the tide against world communism"
Perhaps now is a good time for you to state your views on that Jewish cash-cow known as the Federal Reserve...
Should it be abolished or allowed to carry on fleecing the American tax payer?
Now THAT is an entirely different matter.
Something is definitely wrong in that Denmark.
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Give Scouse a break. Until he posted this, he thought Constantinople was a condition cured by laxatives.
:roll:
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Yup!! Adviser @ Hospital for the Mentally Ill ... McCarthy helper .... when it gets that screwy, it usually gets worse .. it one gave a damn to look further
His mentally ill source failed to mention Ahimaaz ben Paltiel. Lots of other Jewish writers flourished in the Byzantium.
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During that time, Pound was in the St. Elizabeth's Hospital for the Mentally Ill
In 1950 he helped Senator Joseph McCarthy in making claims about Communist Party funding sources.[9] He later stated that he believed McCarthy had "started to turn the tide against world communism"
Perhaps now is a good time for you to state your views on that Jewish cash-cow known as the Federal Reserve...
Should it be abolished or allowed to carry on fleecing the American tax payer?
Now THAT is an entirely different matter.
Something is definitely wrong in that Denmark.
Jews should not be allowed to control banking or the economy anywhere, ever. Period.
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I think I had seen the name Byzantine before, but hadnt looked into it.
It was worth posting just to rile up all the usual Jew apologists and shills. :laugh3:
As a proud Ukrainian, the Byzantine Empire empire fascinates me. Moscow is thought to be the third Rome by the Orthodox church.
Lots of good reads about the Byzantine empire. The article in the first post was not one of them.
So you think Jews should be allowed to monopolise the media, academia, banking and other influential sectors of society?
History tells us otherwise.....
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History tells us otherwise.....
I thought this thread was about the Byzantine empire. I have been fascinated with it for over twenty years. I can recommend some books if you like.
The Byzantine Empire never really died.
The Orthodox Church moved its headquarters, know how & wealth to Russia after the Byzantine Empire collapsed. The old Byzantine Emperors became the new Russian tsars.
Its quite noticeable that shortly after the fall of Constantinople on 1453, Russia rose as a superstate almost immediately after beginning in the 16th century with the reign of Ivan the Terrible. Russia probably would never have become great had it not been for the fall of the Byzantine Empire. Prior to the arrival of Byzantiun into Russia, it was a rump state among a disparate collection of many others.
Russia is today in many ways a merger of the old Byzantine & Mongol Empires.
The latter conquered and controlled Russia for several hundred years before Byzantium moved in.
And if the Byzantine Empire was fearful of Jews, this was evident during the Tsarist regime in Russia.
The same bigotry & fear of the Jews from that Empire manifested itself in the Russian Empire too.
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Jews should not be allowed to control banking or the economy anywhere, ever. Period.
No organisation, institution, race or culture that bases itself on religion first and foremost should have any fiscal control over another.
Jew. Muslim. Catholic. None of them.
Here are five facts about the business of the Catholic church.
The Vatican Bank, which has about $8 billion in assets, has often been at the center of scandal and corruption since it was founded in 1942. Pope Benedict began the process of cleaning the bank up, and Francis has continued that work.
Vatican Bank accounts are only supposed to be held by residents of Vatican City and church personnel. But according to Gerald Posner, a Vatican bank scholar and the author of "God's Bankers," these accounts were often awarded to powerful Italian officials looking to stash money without paying taxes.
The bank closed over 4,000 accounts to weed out corruption and currently has a total of 33,400 accounts.
2. The Vatican had over €1.1 billion off its balance sheet
The Vatican is a separate entity from the Vatican bank, and underwent its own clean up last year.
When it released its 2014 financial statements in July, the Vatican said it had more than €1.1 billion ($1.2 billion) in assets that weren't previously on the balance sheet.
The Vatican has two main entities. The Holy See, which governs the Catholic Church and the Vatican City State, which governs Vatican City.
The Holy See reported a deficit of €25.6 million ($27.9 million) in 2014, even though it received over €50 million from the Vatican Bank. Its biggest expense last year was paying its 2,880 employees a total of €126.6 million.
The Vatican City State is responsible for running the Vatican Museums and in 2014 had a surplus of €63.5 million -- nearly double what it was the year before.
3. The Sistine Chapel is for rent - kind of
In October 2014, the Sistine Chapel was rented out for the first time to the automaker Porsche.
Forty Porsche fans paid $5,900 to attend a gala under Michelangelo's famed painted ceiling as part of Pope Francis' Art for Charity project.
Whereas the average visitor is permitted only a short stay in the chapel, for fear of damage to the frescoes, the Porsche guests were treated to a private choral concert and a dinner in the exhibit.
4. It costs how much to become a saint?!
It's not cheap to get a priest canonized. To wit: The Our Lady of Victory National Shrine & Basilica in Lackawanna, New York, has raised over $250,000 in an effort to canonize its former priest, Father Nelson Baker.
5. Tourism in Vatican City has tripled under Pope Francis
Tourism under Pope Francis has nearly tripled since he replaced Pope Benedict in March of 2013.
Over 12 million visitors have flocked to the Vatican for events featuring Pope Francis. And those figures don't even include the attendance for Pope Francis events that were held outside of the Vatican -- that tacks on another nearly 13 million visitors.
Pope Benedict received some 20.5 million visitors during his tenure from 2005-2013.
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The Orthodox Church moved its headquarters, know how & wealth to Russia after the Byzantine Empire collapsed. The old Byzantine Emperors became the new Russian tsars.
Its quite noticeable that shortly after the fall of Constantinople on 1453, Russia rose as a superstate almost immediately after beginning in the 16th century with the reign of Ivan the Terrible. Russia probably would never have become great had it not been for the fall of the Byzantine Empire. Prior to the arrival of Byzantiun into Russia, it was a rump state among a disparate collection of many others.
Russia is today in many ways a merger of the old Byzantine & Mongol Empires.
The latter conquered and controlled Russia for several hundred years before Byzantium moved in.
And if the Byzantine Empire was fearful of Jews, this was evident during the Tsarist regime in Russia.
The same bigotry & fear of the Jews from that Empire manifested itself in the Russian Empire too.
This so called 'bigotry' and 'fear' is more than justified. Every time the Jews have claimed to be unfairly persecuted it has been due to their actions and behaviour. Mass expulsions from 109 nations over the centuries certainly doesn't happen without good reason.
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Jews should not be allowed to control banking or the economy anywhere, ever. Period.
No organisation, institution, race or culture that bases itself on religion first and foremost should have any fiscal control over another.
Jew. Muslim. Catholic. None of them.
CC is still quiet about the Fed huh? Notice how she never even hints a negative word about the chosenites? Only a coincidence though I'm sure.....
> OP quickly goes nose down and crashes like a Fokker on fire,
so derail your own OP 1700 yrs
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History tells us otherwise.....
I thought this
Books? You are so silly
Everyone knows any high school dropout guy doing a phone video for Utube from his mom's dining room table is more creditable
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History tells us otherwise.....
I thought this thread was about the Byzantine empire. I have been fascinated with it for over twenty years. I can recommend some books if you like.
The guy who posted the op gave up on the byzantine empire.
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> OP quickly goes nose down and crashes like a Fokker on fire,
so derail your own OP 1700 yrs
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History tells us otherwise.....
I thought this
Books? You are so silly
Everyone knows any high school dropout guy doing a phone video for Utube from his mom's dining room table is more creditable
Still ducking, diving and dodging certain uncomfortable questions put to you I see. Very telling indeed, and don't for a second think I'm the only person to have picked up on this...
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History tells us otherwise.....
I thought this thread was about the Byzantine empire. I have been fascinated with it for over twenty years. I can recommend some books if you like.
The guy who posted the op gave up on the byzantine empire.
Actually the JQ is pivotal to the reason behind my motivation for posting the thread in the first place.
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History tells us otherwise.....
I thought this thread was about the Byzantine empire. I have been fascinated with it for over twenty years. I can recommend some books if you like.
The guy who posted the op gave up on the byzantine empire.
Actually the JQ is pivotal to the reason behind my motivation for posting the thread in the first place.
I thought this thread would be about the byzantine empire.
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The Vatican Bank, which has about $8 billion in assets, has often been at the center of scandal and corruption since it was founded in 1942. Pope Benedict began the process of cleaning the bank up, and Francis has continued that work.
Vatican Bank accounts are only supposed to be held by residents of Vatican City and church personnel. But according to Gerald Posner, a Vatican bank scholar and the author of "God's Bankers," these accounts were often awarded to powerful Italian officials looking to stash money without paying taxes.
The bank closed over 4,000 accounts to weed out corruption and currently has a total of 33,400 accounts.
2. The Vatican had over €1.1 billion off its balance sheet
The Vatican is a separate entity from the Vatican bank, and underwent its own clean up last year.
When it released its 2014 financial statements in July, the Vatican said it had more than €1.1 billion ($1.2 billion) in assets that weren't previously on the balance sheet.
The Vatican has two main entities. The Holy See, which governs the Catholic Church and the Vatican City State, which governs Vatican City.
The Holy See reported a deficit of €25.6 million ($27.9 million) in 2014, even though it received over €50 million from the Vatican Bank. Its biggest expense last year was paying its 2,880 employees a total of €126.6 million.
The Vatican City State is responsible for running the Vatican Museums and in 2014 had a surplus of €63.5 million -- nearly double what it was the year before.
3. The Sistine Chapel is for rent - kind of
In October 2014, the Sistine Chapel was rented out for the first time to the automaker Porsche.
Forty Porsche fans paid $5,900 to attend a gala under Michelangelo's famed painted ceiling as part of Pope Francis' Art for Charity project.
Whereas the average visitor is permitted only a short stay in the chapel, for fear of damage to the frescoes, the Porsche guests were treated to a private choral concert and a dinner in the exhibit.
4. It costs how much to become a saint?!
It's not cheap to get a priest canonized. To wit: The Our Lady of Victory National Shrine & Basilica in Lackawanna, New York, has raised over $250,000 in an effort to canonize its former priest, Father Nelson Baker.
5. Tourism in Vatican City has tripled under Pope Francis
Tourism under Pope Francis has nearly tripled since he replaced Pope Benedict in March of 2013.
Over 12 million visitors have flocked to the Vatican for events featuring Pope Francis. And those figures don't even include the attendance for Pope Francis events that were held outside of the Vatican -- that tacks on another nearly 13 million visitors.
Pope Benedict received some 20.5 million visitors during his tenure from 2005-2013.
Once the Vatican's role in smothering complaints of abuse by it's priests was revealed, ALL assets of the Church should have been seized, and substantial reparations paid to the victims of that abuse. Church business assets should have be stripped as proceeds of crime.
It's time to make Churches accountable for their crimes.
So, is anyone here willing to discuss why CC always avoids criticising anything Kosher?
The Federal Reserve bankster racket is common knowledge among most intelligent folk and difficult to ignore even for the most staunch of pro Jewish types, so why is the subject continually ignored on here? ac_dunno
Because whilst the Fed Reserve is widely regarded as a Ponzi scheme that scams the American taxpayer out of billions, it's relationship to Jewish control it's not established. Nonetheless, there IS an argument, I grant thee.
I await CC's Kosher approved response. :ththbored:
Why?
Is that important to you?
On the subject of the JQ, yes it most definitely is......
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The Vatican Bank, which has about $8 billion in assets, has often been at the center of scandal and corruption since it was founded in 1942. Pope Benedict began the process of cleaning the bank up, and Francis has continued that work.
Vatican Bank accounts are only supposed to be held by residents of Vatican City and church personnel. But according to Gerald Posner, a Vatican bank scholar and the author of "God's Bankers," these accounts were often awarded to powerful Italian officials looking to stash money without paying taxes.
The bank closed over 4,000 accounts to weed out corruption and currently has a total of 33,400 accounts.
2. The Vatican had over €1.1 billion off its balance sheet
The Vatican is a separate entity from the Vatican bank, and underwent its own clean up last year.
When it released its 2014 financial statements in July, the Vatican said it had more than €1.1 billion ($1.2 billion) in assets that weren't previously on the balance sheet.
The Vatican has two main entities. The Holy See, which governs the Catholic Church and the Vatican City State, which governs Vatican City.
The Holy See reported a deficit of €25.6 million ($27.9 million) in 2014, even though it received over €50 million from the Vatican Bank. Its biggest expense last year was paying its 2,880 employees a total of €126.6 million.
The Vatican City State is responsible for running the Vatican Museums and in 2014 had a surplus of €63.5 million -- nearly double what it was the year before.
3. The Sistine Chapel is for rent - kind of
In October 2014, the Sistine Chapel was rented out for the first time to the automaker Porsche.
Forty Porsche fans paid $5,900 to attend a gala under Michelangelo's famed painted ceiling as part of Pope Francis' Art for Charity project.
Whereas the average visitor is permitted only a short stay in the chapel, for fear of damage to the frescoes, the Porsche guests were treated to a private choral concert and a dinner in the exhibit.
4. It costs how much to become a saint?!
It's not cheap to get a priest canonized. To wit: The Our Lady of Victory National Shrine & Basilica in Lackawanna, New York, has raised over $250,000 in an effort to canonize its former priest, Father Nelson Baker.
5. Tourism in Vatican City has tripled under Pope Francis
Tourism under Pope Francis has nearly tripled since he replaced Pope Benedict in March of 2013.
Over 12 million visitors have flocked to the Vatican for events featuring Pope Francis. And those figures don't even include the attendance for Pope Francis events that were held outside of the Vatican -- that tacks on another nearly 13 million visitors.
Pope Benedict received some 20.5 million visitors during his tenure from 2005-2013.
Once the Vatican's role in smothering complaints of abuse by it's priests was revealed, ALL assets of the Church should have been seized, and substantial reparations paid to the victims of that abuse. Church business assets should have be stripped as proceeds of crime.
It's time to make Churches accountable for their crimes.
The Vatican is the only country in Europe with official diplomatic relations with Taiwan....money of course is the reason..
Many of the things that SCOUSE blames all Jews for can be attributed to Rome.
True that.
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Quote from: "Fashionista"
The Vatican Bank, which has about $8 billion in assets, has often been at the center of scandal and corruption since it was founded in 1942. Pope Benedict began the process of cleaning the bank up, and Francis has continued that work.
Vatican Bank accounts are only supposed to be held by residents of Vatican City and church personnel. But according to Gerald Posner, a Vatican bank scholar and the author of "God's Bankers," these accounts were often awarded to powerful Italian officials looking to stash money without paying taxes.
The bank closed over 4,000 accounts to weed out corruption and currently has a total of 33,400 accounts.
2. The Vatican had over €1.1 billion off its balance sheet
The Vatican is a separate entity from the Vatican bank, and underwent its own clean up last year.
When it released its 2014 financial statements in July, the Vatican said it had more than €1.1 billion ($1.2 billion) in assets that weren't previously on the balance sheet.
The Vatican has two main entities. The Holy See, which governs the Catholic Church and the Vatican City State, which governs Vatican City.
The Holy See reported a deficit of €25.6 million ($27.9 million) in 2014, even though it received over €50 million from the Vatican Bank. Its biggest expense last year was paying its 2,880 employees a total of €126.6 million.
The Vatican City State is responsible for running the Vatican Museums and in 2014 had a surplus of €63.5 million -- nearly double what it was the year before.
3. The Sistine Chapel is for rent - kind of
In October 2014, the Sistine Chapel was rented out for the first time to the automaker Porsche.
Forty Porsche fans paid $5,900 to attend a gala under Michelangelo's famed painted ceiling as part of Pope Francis' Art for Charity project.
Whereas the average visitor is permitted only a short stay in the chapel, for fear of damage to the frescoes, the Porsche guests were treated to a private choral concert and a dinner in the exhibit.
4. It costs how much to become a saint?!
It's not cheap to get a priest canonized. To wit: The Our Lady of Victory National Shrine & Basilica in Lackawanna, New York, has raised over $250,000 in an effort to canonize its former priest, Father Nelson Baker.
5. Tourism in Vatican City has tripled under Pope Francis
Tourism under Pope Francis has nearly tripled since he replaced Pope Benedict in March of 2013.
Over 12 million visitors have flocked to the Vatican for events featuring Pope Francis. And those figures don't even include the attendance for Pope Francis events that were held outside of the Vatican -- that tacks on another nearly 13 million visitors.
Pope Benedict received some 20.5 million visitors during his tenure from 2005-2013.
Once the Vatican's role in smothering complaints of abuse by it's priests was revealed, ALL assets of the Church should have been seized, and substantial reparations paid to the victims of that abuse. Church business assets should have be stripped as proceeds of crime.
It's time to make Churches accountable for their crimes.
The Vatican is the only country in Europe with official diplomatic relations with Taiwan....money of course is the reason..
Many of the things that SCOUSE blames all Jews for can be attributed to Rome.
Why do you waste your time on that uneducated wingnut.
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Quote from: "Fashionista"
The Vatican Bank, which has about $8 billion in assets, has often been at the center of scandal and corruption since it was founded in 1942. Pope Benedict began the process of cleaning the bank up, and Francis has continued that work.
Vatican Bank accounts are only supposed to be held by residents of Vatican City and church personnel. But according to Gerald Posner, a Vatican bank scholar and the author of "God's Bankers," these accounts were often awarded to powerful Italian officials looking to stash money without paying taxes.
The bank closed over 4,000 accounts to weed out corruption and currently has a total of 33,400 accounts.
2. The Vatican had over €1.1 billion off its balance sheet
The Vatican is a separate entity from the Vatican bank, and underwent its own clean up last year.
When it released its 2014 financial statements in July, the Vatican said it had more than €1.1 billion ($1.2 billion) in assets that weren't previously on the balance sheet.
The Vatican has two main entities. The Holy See, which governs the Catholic Church and the Vatican City State, which governs Vatican City.
The Holy See reported a deficit of €25.6 million ($27.9 million) in 2014, even though it received over €50 million from the Vatican Bank. Its biggest expense last year was paying its 2,880 employees a total of €126.6 million.
The Vatican City State is responsible for running the Vatican Museums and in 2014 had a surplus of €63.5 million -- nearly double what it was the year before.
3. The Sistine Chapel is for rent - kind of
In October 2014, the Sistine Chapel was rented out for the first time to the automaker Porsche.
Forty Porsche fans paid $5,900 to attend a gala under Michelangelo's famed painted ceiling as part of Pope Francis' Art for Charity project.
Whereas the average visitor is permitted only a short stay in the chapel, for fear of damage to the frescoes, the Porsche guests were treated to a private choral concert and a dinner in the exhibit.
4. It costs how much to become a saint?!
It's not cheap to get a priest canonized. To wit: The Our Lady of Victory National Shrine & Basilica in Lackawanna, New York, has raised over $250,000 in an effort to canonize its former priest, Father Nelson Baker.
5. Tourism in Vatican City has tripled under Pope Francis
Tourism under Pope Francis has nearly tripled since he replaced Pope Benedict in March of 2013.
Over 12 million visitors have flocked to the Vatican for events featuring Pope Francis. And those figures don't even include the attendance for Pope Francis events that were held outside of the Vatican -- that tacks on another nearly 13 million visitors.
Pope Benedict received some 20.5 million visitors during his tenure from 2005-2013.
Once the Vatican's role in smothering complaints of abuse by it's priests was revealed, ALL assets of the Church should have been seized, and substantial reparations paid to the victims of that abuse. Church business assets should have be stripped as proceeds of crime.
It's time to make Churches accountable for their crimes.
The Vatican is the only country in Europe with official diplomatic relations with Taiwan....money of course is the reason..
Many of the things that SCOUSE blames all Jews for can be attributed to Rome.
Why do you waste your time on that uneducated wingnut.
No offense Seoul, but it's my online time and I can do what I want with it.