The Pope’s visit to Britain came under fresh scrutiny last night after it was revealed that multi-millionaires funded a significant proportion of the trip
Well, not exactly. These were expenses that the Church agreed to assume for the trip, because they were purely religious in nature.
It's a bit unseemly for the Pope to be granting private audiences in exchange for handsome financial gifts. One expects that sort of thing from politicians (and they get criticized for it), but it smacks of selling indulgences.
"When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind, as to subscribe his professional belief to things he does not believe, he has prepared himself for the commission of every other crime."
