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First American pope elected and will be known as Pope Leo XIV

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606 points saikatsg | 3 comments | 08 May 25 16:30 UTC | HN request time: 0.436s | source
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pluc ◴[08 May 25 18:11 UTC] No.43929353[source]▶
How appropriately disconnected from the church to elect an American.
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CharlesW ◴[08 May 25 18:30 UTC] No.43929592[source]▶
How so? The U.S. is the third-largest national Catholic population in the world, and it's by far the single largest national contributor to the Church’s global finances. Plus, anything that can bend the arc of U.S. history toward the Catholic missions of social justice and human rights is going to matter more in the next four years than it ever has.
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1. velcro ◴[08 May 25 18:50 UTC] No.43929861[source]▶
You're probably talking about Peter's Pence collection contribution which is just pocket change (a few millions). Dioclesian revenue, lease income, Vatican's wealth fund generate billions. Lets not forget state support which the US doesn't have - for example if you register as a catholic in Germany 8-9% of your income tax goes to the church directly - to the tune of about 6 billion per year altogether.
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2. bitmasher9 ◴[08 May 25 18:57 UTC] No.43929960[source]▶
How much real estate does the Catholic Church own in the US, and how much appreciation has that seen since 2020?
3. CharlesW ◴[08 May 25 19:03 UTC] No.43930051[source]▶
> You're probably talking about Peter's Pence collection contribution which is just pocket change (a few millions).

Pocket change for sure (13.6 million/28.1%, says https://zenit.org/2024/06/30/the-ten-countries-that-made-the...), but there's also U.S. congregational giving of ~$20 billion, and the U.S. is the source of most large Catholic hospital, university, and foundation endowments.