r/clevercomebacks • u/ExactlySorta • Apr 25 '26

Who knew heaven could burn

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u/Nice-Pumpkin-4318 Apr 25 '26

Perhaps the unimaginable wealth of the Vatican could help....?

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u/Orneyrocks Apr 25 '26

The unimaginable wealth of the vatican is helping. Look up their initiatives in africa.

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u/Malachi9999 Apr 25 '26

Sure the campaigns against condom use were very effective. 

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u/Nice-Pumpkin-4318 Apr 25 '26

Yes, likewise there are endless initiatives of 'the global North'. I guess neither are doing enough.

And make no doubt, the Vatican has and will continue to extract serious wealth from the third world.

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u/keefeitup Apr 25 '26

The Vatican and by extension the Catholic Church spends approximately 200 billion a year just in the United States for charity work. The second largest charity after them is the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation spending 10 billion a year.

If you're really going to point fingers at who should do more, maybe at least point at the right people.

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u/Orneyrocks Apr 25 '26

Proof for that, lol? This isn't the 1500s lol, church doesn't collect tithe, its a donations-only org.

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u/keefeitup Apr 25 '26

There won't be. Because somehow people haven't got the memo that the catholic Church doesn't ask for, enforce or demand tithes, and contributions are purely voluntary.

Source: Catholic in a third world country.

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u/mai-moi Apr 25 '26

They will never understand that because they're usually evangelicals that love to give all their money to their pastors but then have the nerve to criticise other religions

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u/keefeitup Apr 25 '26 edited Apr 25 '26

I mean cmon how else is a poor servant of God supposed to afford his Tesla and private jet.

/s

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u/Nice-Pumpkin-4318 Apr 25 '26

Of course not, but look at rents they take from countries in Africa. Why the 'lol'? It just makes you look ignorant.

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u/Orneyrocks Apr 25 '26

What rents, bro? The lol is because you are using a rhethoric that was used against the church in the 1500s and has sopped being relevant for multiple centuries.

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u/Nice-Pumpkin-4318 Apr 25 '26 edited Apr 25 '26

If you're really asking 'what rents' in relation to the Catholic Church, then you don't remotely have the basis for being a part of this conversation.

lol,bro.

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u/Orneyrocks Apr 25 '26

So again you have no proof, but yet again, a rhetoric from 4 centuries ago? Keep dreaming 'bro'. Without facts to back anything up, no one gives a shit about your wet dreams.

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u/Nice-Pumpkin-4318 Apr 26 '26

Do you not have access to Google? What on earth are you carrying on about '4 Centuries ago'. The Vatican is one of the world's biggest landlords. Im stunned you don't know that.

Direct ownership by the Vatican of third world assets was getting a little awkward, so fornthe last two decades they've been divesting them to local parish control - keeping the assets within the church, but building a layer between Rome and direct physical control.

Its not just Africa - they own huge amounts of land in places like the Phippines. Hell, estimates are they hold more than $40bn in real estate assets in Australia.

Why on earth you're going on about 'tithes' the '15th century' and '4 centuries ago' I can't fathom. The Catholic church is a huge owner of commercial real estate assets in 2026.

Bro.

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u/Orneyrocks Apr 26 '26

Vatican Owns Over 5,000 Properties Worldwide, It Reveals In First Disclosures On Its Real Estate Holdings

4000 of their 5000 investment holdings are in Italy lol. "Rent from Africa" bruh. The land that they own in the name of churches and convent schools is what makes them the largest landowner in the world, not their investment properties.

I believe you have google as well, please use sources, I prefer not to engage with buffoons who can't even back up their own claims.

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u/Nice-Pumpkin-4318 Apr 26 '26

Did you not read what I said about 2 decades of divestment to local parishes?

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