POPE to make Vatican's finances more transparent!

by The Searcher 10 Replies latest watchtower scandals

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  The Searcher

  Christendom takes the lead in changes regarding paedophile & financial openness!!

  The Pope has ordered the Vatican's finances to be audited by an external company.

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35018430

  He told clerics in 2013, "If we don't know how to look after money, which you can see, how can we look after the souls of the faithful, which you can't see?"

  A congregation in Scotland - near Edinburgh - recorded a bank balance of over £2 million last year.

  It will be interesting to see if the Org reveals to the faithful, how & where that money has gone!

  http://www.oscr.org.uk/charities/search-scottish-charity-register/charity-details?number=SC005223
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  blondie

  Isn't that because the internal Vatican staff ripped off the Vatican? Yes I would say they have to hire somebody outside. But does that mean that outside company will reveal their findings, all of their finds, such as the money the Vatican has spent on hiding the sexual abuse in their organization are still hiding and the victims they; are still fighting?
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  never a jw

  Blondie,

  Still, the public of the pope and the hiring of an external auditor is far more than the Watchtower is willing to do or will ever do.
  
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  never a jw

  I meant "the public statement" above
  
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  eyeuse2badub

  There's a lot of discussion going on in our area about financial transparency within the wtbts even among 'long time' dubs. People want to know WHY the "expenses" of a one day assembly have tripled in the past 7 years!

  I just tell them that "the love of money is the root of all evil" and leave it at that.

  just saying!

  eyause2badub
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  Finkelstein

  This just in ........ the Pope in the Vatican has just been shot and killed, the information so far as to who did this is that it was a group of Bishops who apparently concealed their guns under their clothing.
  
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  Vidiot

  I starting to wonder if some of the nuttier apocalyptic Christians out there suspect Francis is the Antichrist...
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  DesirousOfChange

  Maybe WTS should get the hint that many are not donating any more because of all the questions about their finances. Until they have more transparency, I think donations will continue to spiral downward. Thus, they will have to relay on more "forced donations" from assemblies and even congregations ($$ per publisher). They depend so much on the elderly and many of them have worked hard and lived frugally to save up their nest egg. If they think WTS is pissing it away frivolously, they're not going to open their pocketbooks.

  Doc
  
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  Finkelstein

  The Catholic Church is the Biggest Financial Power on Earth

  
  

  Have you ever wondered how wealthy the church really is? In his book, ‘The Vatican Billions’, writer and philosopher Avro Manhattan gives us a glimpse of the true financial worth of the catholic church:
  
  “The Vatican has large investments with the Rothschilds of Britain, France and America, with the Hambros Bank, with the Credit Suisse in London and Zurich. In the United States it has large investments with the Morgan Bank, the Chase-Manhattan Bank, the First National Bank of New York, the Bankers Trust Company, and others.
  
  “The Vatican has billions of shares in the most powerful international corporations such as Gulf Oil, Shell, General Motors, Bethlehem Steel, General Electric, International Business Machines, T.W.A., etc.” (...)
  
  

  

  
  

  “Some idea of the real estate and other forms of wealth controlled by the Catholic church may be gathered by the remark of a member of the New York Catholic Conference, namely ‘that his church probably ranks second only to the United States Government in total annual purchase.’
  
  “Another statement, made by a nationally syndicated Catholic priest, perhaps is even more telling. ‘The Catholic church,’ he said, ‘must be the biggest corporation in the United States. We have a branch office in every neighborhood. Our assets and real estate holdings must exceed those of Standard Oil, A.T.&T., and U.S. Steel combined. And our roster of dues-paying members must be second only to the tax rolls of the United States Government.’” (...)
  
  “The Catholic church, once all her assets have been put together, is the most formidable stockbroker in the world. The Vatican, independently of each successive pope, has been increasingly orientated towards the U.S. The Wall Street Journal said that the Vatican’s financial deals in the U.S. alone were so big that very often it sold or bought gold in lots of a million or more dollars at one time.” (...)
  
  “The Vatican’s treasure of solid gold has been estimated by the United Nations World Magazine to amount to several billion dollars. A large bulk of this is stored in gold ingots with the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, while banks in England and Switzerland hold the rest.
  
  “But this is just a small portion of the wealth of the Vatican, which in the U.S. alone, is greater than that of the five wealthiest giant corporations of the country. When to that is added all the real estate, property, stocks and shares abroad, then the staggering accumulation of the wealth of the Catholic church becomes so formidable as to defy any rational assessment.” (...)
  
  

  

  
  “The Catholic church is the biggest financial power, wealth accumulator and property owner in existence. She is a greater possessor of material riches than any other single institution, corporation, bank, giant trust, government or state of the whole globe.
  
  “The pope, as the visible ruler of this immense amassment of wealth, is consequently the richest individual of the twentieth century. No one can realistically assess how much he is worth in terms of billions of dollars.” (...)
  
  Mr. Manhattan asks one of the most challenging questions regarding the moral conduit of the catholic church:
  
  “Jesus was the poorest of the poor. Roman Catholicism, which claims to be His church, is the richest of the rich, the wealthiest institution on earth. (…) How come, that such an institution, ruling in the name of this same itinerant preacher, whose want was such that he had not even a pillow upon which to rest his head, is now so top-heavy with riches that she can rival - indeed, that she can put to shame - the combined might of the most redoubtable financial trusts, of the most potent industrial super-giants, and of the most prosperous global corporation of the world?”
  
  I would love to hear the pope answering this question.
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  blondie

  Public lie instead of hidden lies...no real apologies to victims....no real revelation of finances

  http://www.snapnetwork.org/news_story_of_the_day