Student Arrested for Plotting Gas Attack on Anti-Pope Crowd

[Kynes]

sapphi_snake said:

Kynes said:

Read again the edited post, the Catholic Church isn't the only one with benefits, any religion with a high enough number of followers has in some way or another public funding.

This isn't the first time the Pope has gone to any country, and it always is partly funded via taxpayers money. Do you really believe that when the Pope went to the USA, the Vatican paid everything? If you believe so, then you're less clever than you seem to believe you are.

It's discriminatory to offer benefits based on the number of followers. This concession was obviously made to benefit the Catholic Church, and should be removed.

Also, the Vatican is sadly recognized as a state (which it obviously shouldn't be), so the Pope is considered a foreing official and can say his visits are 'state visits' rather than pastoral visits, which is the reason why the Pope often winds up visiting countries for free. Obviously the Vatican should no longer be considered a state, and the Pope should pay for his own visits.

Oh, and if the Catholic Church solicits any fees for the services it provides (marriages, funerals etc.), then it is not a NPO.