Various workers in the Vatican Secretary of State diverted — or ripped off — approximately 400 million euros; that's almost $500 million from the account which administers Peter's Pence.
Let that sink in: half a billion dollars stolen. Those optics immediately look bad — really bad. Francis' "Church of the Poor" has high-level workers stealing from a pot intended to help the poor.
Catholics are closing their wallets to the Peter's Pence collection. The main reason is Pope Francis' controversial gift of a half a million dollars last April, drawn from the Peter's Pence collection, to the illegal immigrant caravan marching over the southern border of the United States.
According to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, "The purpose of the Peter's Pence Collection is to provide the Holy Father with the financial means to respond to those who are suffering as a result of war, oppression, natural disaster, and disease."
Catholics are also boycotting because they have noted who Francis did not see as deserving of a half a million dollar donation:- Christians in Iraq, Egypt and Nigeria who have been persecuted, displaced from their homes and killed by Islamic jihadists
- Underground Catholics in China experiencing massive persecution at the hands of Communists bent on destroying the Church
- Victims of the suicide bombings on Easter Sunday 2019 in Sri Lanka by Islamic terrorists
- Christians in the Middle East and Africa terrorized, raped and killed by Boko Haram operatives.
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