Catholic Church has billions invested in BPI, Philex, San Miguel

[Sand Man]

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i used to think that for RC, JESUS CHRIST IS KING. now knowing their propensity to save excessively thru investing, acquiring of real estate, operating of non-profit daw na schools, i think for RC, CASH IS KING!

Here's a little history for you and to those who share your views.

The Knights Templar were a monastic military order formed at the end of the First Crusade with the mandate of protecting Christian pilgrims on route to the Holy Land. Never before had a group of secular knights banded together and taken monastic vows. In this sense they were the first of the Warrior Monks.

From humble beginnings of poverty when the order relied on alms from the traveling pilgrims, the order would go on to have the backing of the Holy See and the collective European monarchies.

Within two centuries they had become powerful enough to defy all but the Papal throne. Feared as warriors, respected for their charity and sought out for their wealth, there is no doubt that the Templar knights were the key players of the monastic fighting orders. Due to their vast wealth and surplus of materials the Templars essentially invented banking, as we know it. The church forbade the lending of money for interest, which they called usury. The Templars, being the clever sort they were, changed the manner in which loans were paid and were able to skirt the issue

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In short, the Church invented banking.

[cobraKing]

na uso nsad diay ning spiritual fee?

[tokidoki]

Here's a little history for you and to those who share your views.



In short, the Church invented banking.

So I guess it's pointless to criticize the Church's stake in the bank then since the were literally one of the pioneers of the concept.

[kajrot1]

Nya tunol pa ta ani nig simba ^_^
samot man ka dato mga pari
d raba kabaw mo share

[Sand Man]

So I guess it's pointless to criticize the Church's stake in the bank then since the were literally one of the pioneers of the concept.

What is more important is how they intend to use the funds being the kind of organization that they are.

Personally, I think they should put up more Piarists.

Piarists - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[vipvip68]

kay nibutar diay ta sa ma-pari sa atong Parokya?

wala ta hing botar... pildi pang communista aning simbahan. lol

kay nagbayad diay tag buhis sa Simbahan?

Lain ang style sa simbahan ... imbis tax, Bunyag, Kasal, Lubong plus tip na nang mga donations.

kanang kuhaon jud sa imong payslip...income tax for the Church?

kung mu hatag ta kwarta sa gubyerno mag lagot ta pero kung mu hatag ta kwarta sa simbahan.. kita pa malipay. lol

loslosa nimo do...imo man gi compare hinoon sa gobyerno...

Read your history books... and you will realize that the church and the government are not so different.

kanang kwartaha...pila na ka centuries nadawat sa simbahan...

in fact, donations na tanan....

pila na ka centuries...pobre gihapon mga tao... dato gihapon ang simbahan... nothing has changed

There's a reason why they call it "The Church of the Poor"

maybe sauna...kaniadtong problemado pang simbahan...

pero karon...kinsa may gipugos ug hatag....di parehas sa uban...pugon jud kag 10% sa imong income...

suway ug minyo didto sa sacred heart church.. tan-awn ta kung dili ba ka ma pugos ug hatag... ang style karon kay pang konsyensya man na' style sa simbahan para mu donate ang tao.. unya ang kwarta dili diay to mu abot sa pobre tanan...

ur using the name of your lord in vain and fooling the people since sauna pa.

[tokidoki]

wala ta hing botar... pildi pang communista aning simbahan. lol

Actually, if you read Dan Brown's Angels & Demons, there was mention about papal law that if people chant a priest's name as if in a trance, that priest becomes the new pope by grace. (or something to that effect) This, of course, is fact although it is placed in the fictional context of the book. Mao daw sa usa ka scene didto the news reporter said there were technically two popes that night.

So yes, on exceptional occasions we DO have a say on who votes.

kung mu hatag ta kwarta sa gubyerno mag lagot ta pero kung mu hatag ta kwarta sa simbahan.. kita pa malipay. lol

mao. it may not be income tax for the church (although RCC doesn't do this) but it is we who suffer, why? Because that deduction is from your NET PAY. If gross pay na siya dili sakit kai tax break na sa ato! Mao nang sakit ana!

Read your history books... and you will realize that the church and the government are not so different.

Yep, the church IS a form of government. In fact, I see it as some sort of "proxy gov't" in lawless & disorganized places. The problem is it has overlapped modern governments, which makes the church very ambiguous in today's society.

suway ug minyo didto sa sacred heart church.. tan-awn ta kung dili ba ka ma pugos ug hatag... ang style karon kay pang konsyensya man na' style sa simbahan para mu donate ang tao.. unya ang kwarta dili diay to mu abot sa pobre tanan...

ur using the name of your lord in vain and fooling the people since sauna pa.

dugay nako wa kaadto brad, ana na diay ron?

[greenteam]

Mao nai giingon nga ayaw mo patunto sa mga kampo ni satanas nga nag sul-ob ug puti

[wikki]

dili gud mu misa basta ang amot dili mu abot 500, tax free pa!

[istoryamember]

Ang pamisa karon kay naa man minimum

Magpakasal pud ka nga both ikaw and imong wife dili taga diha nga parokya, naa ka bayranan. Aside sa usual nga fees.

Ako programmer ko, pari diri pahimo ug program para sa iyang negosyo nga networking. Asa ka ana?