I hear you, and yet, a blind eye is a blind eye. The Catholic Church agreed to stay silent about Hitler and Mussolini, at least in part, to protect their enormous wealth. They feared the fascists would plunder the church, or worse. Germany and Italy were predominantly Catholic. All of this is left out of most history books (it wasn’t un…
I hear you, and yet, a blind eye is a blind eye. The Catholic Church agreed to stay silent about Hitler and Mussolini, at least in part, to protect their enormous wealth. They feared the fascists would plunder the church, or worse. Germany and Italy were predominantly Catholic. All of this is left out of most history books (it wasn’t until a college course on the history of Germany between the wars that filled in the many gaps for me).
I hear you, and yet, a blind eye is a blind eye. The Catholic Church agreed to stay silent about Hitler and Mussolini, at least in part, to protect their enormous wealth. They feared the fascists would plunder the church, or worse. Germany and Italy were predominantly Catholic. All of this is left out of most history books (it wasn’t until a college course on the history of Germany between the wars that filled in the many gaps for me).
"their enormous wealth" which is not taxed
Yes, Mark. I agree. Omission is also a sin.