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[–]alexander1701 1 point2 points ago

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http://one-evil.org/people/people_16c_Leo_X.htm this is how the vatican got so rich.

Way, way more evil than anything you were thinking.

[–]fatfook[S] 0 points1 point ago

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I know it's obviously someone's personal selection (with good research though) but it's odd how that list of 25 are mostly religious and mostly popes. Absolute power does indeed corrupt absolutely.

[–]namith 0 points1 point ago

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I think that's illegal...

[–]fatfook[S] 1 point2 points ago

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It's never bothered the Catholic church before*!

  • Polygamy, child sex, stealing babies for money, illegal imprisonment, slavery etc.

[–]Aitioma 0 points1 point ago

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No, it got rich by getting ~€100 BILLION per year from Germany alone every single year. (And that's only church taxes, NOT additional private donations, etc.)