The NEXT Pope inherits broken bank accounts & mass exodus of church members

NEXT POPE INHERITS A HOT MESS: BROKEN BANK ACCOUNTS, SHRINKING CHURCHES, AND BIG FIGHTS
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The Catholic Church is picking a new pope — and whoever wins gets to juggle a $94 million budget hole, a pension fund mess bigger than €631 million, and a shrinking crowd in Europe.
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Germany alone lost over 321,000 Catholics last year — that’s not a church exodus, that’s a stampede.
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Cardinals are torn:
Do they pick Italian insider Pietro Parolin, who’s been around the Vatican money scandals, or Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, who could actually excite the growing Catholic crowds in Asia?
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Meanwhile, debates over blessing same-sex couples and letting women become deacons are lighting even more fires inside the Church.
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Hope the new pope’s got fundraising skills… and a fire extinguisher.

Source: Reuters
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