[ebb tide]

In November, Pope Francis defended the use of Peter’s Pence in investment schemes, saying, “When the money from Peter’s Pence arrives, what do I do? I put it in a drawer? No. This is bad administration. I try to make an investment and when I need to give, when there is a need, throughout the year, the money is taken and that capital does not devalue, it stays the same or it increases a bit.”

Isn't Bergoglio here making use of that evil "capitalism" that he is constantly bashing?

[billorites]

"The Peter’s Pence collection is a gesture of solidarity."

Alternatively, a collection of sex toys.

[EC Washington]

10% sounds high - I figured about 1% or less actually gets the poor.

[yuleeyahoo]

Being a financial backer of money losing gay bio-pics is a violation of the laity’s trust

[ebb tide]

Ping

[Lurkinanloomin]

Anyone still giving money to the ImPopester is a fool.

[butlerweave]

They must spend at least $55 million on Robes and stuff

[SkyPilot]

Only 10% of Vatican’s $55 million ‘Peter’s Pence’ actually goes to poor

Well, homosexual prostitutes and drugs are expensive, you know.

Vatican cops bust drug-fueled gay orgy at home of cardinal’s aide

Vatican cardinal was at drug-fueled homosexual party, and Pope knows it

[faithhopecharity]

we know many folks who donate to their own parishes ..and to Saint Vincent de Paul Society to help the poor.. and to a few additional causes they know are good

and they refuse to offer anything to Peter’s Pence or the several additional requested assessments for the Church hierarchy

[irishjuggler]

I haven’t given a nickel to Peter’s Pence since Francis/Bergoglio got the gig in 2013. With that said, the real problem here is that they were hyping PP as for programs to help the poor and needy. I had always understood the Peter’s Pence collection to be for general operating expenses of the papacy, not as some kind of Catholic Charities donation. As such, I’m not shocked if 90% went to general Vatican expenses as that’s what I thought it was for. The problem here is that, likely as an effort to encourage donors who’ve had enough of all the scandals, they disingenuously pretended this was for charities that help the needy rather than to just run the Vatican.

[Larry Lucido]

At the Human Fund, we give the homeless the whole muffin! Not just the stumps!

(Quantities limited.)

[TheNext]

The first Latino Pope ever is a friggen corrupt Communist.

LMAO

[realcleanguy]

I think about the 200 million a year SF collects to spend on the homeless. There are still the same, in fact growing number of homeless, and the money has not made it to the homeless

[MSF BU]

Saint Vincent de Paul and local maintenance; once a year nun’s retirement fund. That’s it.

[Sequoyah101]

Father Guido Sarducchi say da faithful is being fleeced by da pope and all his popettes.

What a shock.

[Clemenza]

A corrupt institution to the core. Always has been and probably always will be.