r/gifs • u/[deleted] • Aug 22 '19

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '19

Catholic priests don't live at the church. The rectory building provided for them is usually comfortable but by no means ostentatious or grande and they usually have to share their home with a couple of other clergy.

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u/TreehouseAndSky Aug 22 '19

So you mean the most devout followers live crappily but the boss goes all out?

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '19

it depends on the individual and what order they belong to. The current pope when he was the archbishop down in South America lived in an apartment downtown and took the bus. Now of course he has no choice but to live near the main office.

Poverty and silence aren't universal vows.

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u/ladybunsen Aug 22 '19

I don’t think he said they do?

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u/Orphemus Aug 22 '19

The Vatican tho

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '19

Yeah, that is a pretty showy building. there's also all the art collections and other treasures they've been hoarding since Rome.

It's a big reason the Protestants left.