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Dave When faced with massive law suits, the Catholic Church, in addition to threatening victims with the loss of their souls, pursued a deliberate policy of splitting off parishes to reduce the assets vulnerable to legal action. How this relates to ‘saving souls’ puzzles me.

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Apparently those who followed in the shoes of the fisherman were interested in a little better quality footwear than the sandals Peter wore. Also didn't seem to like the idea of poverty and working for one's daily bread.

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Dave Jesus’s fishermen may have been barefoot, but I imagine that Gucci has a boutique within the Vatican.

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if you walk in Rome, eventually you will come across the area devoted to clerical robes. The shop windows a full of very beautiful and very elaborate and very expensive vestments for the clergy of the RC church. makes a statement when they cannot afford to pay settlements to those they have harmed, such as abused children or residential school survivors.

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Wow, I had no idea. I'd always thought the garments were made by tailors in the Vatican. I'll bet most Catholics have no clue this is the case.

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Or at least an on-site sales rep. LMAO, thanks Keith.

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