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How Much Money Does the Vatican Have:
What We Do Know. We know:
The Vatican Bank manages $64 billion of assets on behalf of its 17,400 customers, according to a Dec. 5, 2014, article in International Business Times. The bank owns $764 million in equity.
The Economist calculated that the Catholic church in America alone had a $170 billion annual operating budget. Globally, the figure is much larger.
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Pope Francis Net Worth is $2 million USD and earns an annual income of $250,000 dollars. Pope Francis is the 266th and current Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, a title he holds ex officio as Bishop of Rome, and sovereign of Vatican City.
even if a multitude of parishioners leave the church is won't affect it one bit. they'll just wait for a new group of fools to believe their BS rhetoric.
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