[RitchieAprile]

most of the ‘wealth’ is in art and buildings that don’t have
a ready market. they’ll never sell the Sistine Chapel.

they might make money by making their secret archives available to researchers though.

[Ax]

Even if Holy Mother Church were to liquidate all of her assests today, the funds would be negligible and wouldn’t last much longer than a few days.

[Romulus]

Oooo, the SECRET ARCHIVES...

Do you not know that the Secret Archives are routinely open to credentialed scholars, as they have been for many years? It is not that different from using the Library of Congress or any other scholarly collection.

[rollo tomasi]

Researches have access to the “super-duper secret vault”. All a person needs is to present your academic credentials (Or pursuits in case you are still in higher education) and scholarly thesis for review, then your “in”.

[Boogieman]

Bah, sure they have lots of real estate, but they also have billions and billions in more liquid investments.