Are the Chinese buying Pope Francis’s silence? Bribing Francis’s Vatican looks like another smart Chinese investment in the Western left elite.

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[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies ] To: SeekAndFind Most of Rome's money has always come from just two places: Germany and the United States. The dioceses there are far and away the wealthiest in the world and could always find some cash, especially for a beloved pope like Pius XII or John Paul II. Now there's no money to spare in either place, and Rome is pretty much on its own. With funds drying up , the Vatican is reduced to taking from the poor box — that is, Peter's Pence , the collection for the...