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Sacred Spaces
St. Peter’s Church (Peterskirche) Vienna, Austria
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O Vos Omnes (Newman University Church, Dublin, Ireland)
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John M. Grondelski
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Robert Royal
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Brad Miner
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Eduardo J. Echeverria
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David Warren
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Forced Vatican financial reform?
John L. Allen, Jr., CRUX
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
The Vatican is carrying a bloated and unsustainable payroll, it has extensive real estate holdings that return virtually no profit, and it faces a looming pension crisis which, if left unaddressed, could produce a financial Chernobyl. Maybe what it needs right now is somebody to put a gun to the head of the system.