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  Romans that wanted him dead as a child
  
  Herod the great want Him dead as child
  Herod is Jewish king definitely not Roman
context: File under: Unintentional Irony. >
  
  his ridiculous golden prayer baton could feed the entirety of Guatemala for a week … this “stay poor, and the imaginary sky God will bless you” while we roll in gold scenario has to stop! >
  
  I know he replaced the opulent throne with a wooden one… wish he’d do the same with everything else. >
  
  They still have the gold throne, it was moved to the basement with the countless other priceless artifacts >
  
  Yes that is necessary for a country to hold onto treasures, but not sitting in it daily is a good statement. >
  
  Pfft. You say the same about Nazi gold? There's not a single punce of precious metal in the Vatican that isn't blood stained. 
  "Necessary" for what? The pop could wave his arm and every Catholic in a thousand miles would donate a new golden throne. 
  If he wants people to be like Jesus, the Vatican should be broke as he was >
  
  What asshole is sitting on Nazi gold daily? (Also illegal to have by international law) Vatican is a country and every country’s treasures are stained in blood. False equivalency here. The church is falling in membership dramatically and I personally don’t agree with it, but I can recognize at least something decent by people I’m not fond of. >
  
  The church was built on blood. The church continues to build itself on blood to this day. The most powerful man in the world stepped out of his Palace in his private kingdom, leaning on his 40 million euro golden cane, to address a Christmas mass of millions of devout followers around the world, to tell them "not to be power hungry". The Vatican is bad at being like Jesus. >
  
  None of this relevant to the chair statement. We can’t change our futures without acknowledging and moving on from our pasts. I’m not saying anyone is a saint, just that a wooden chair for the throne of the leader of a city state known for its hippocratic opulence sends a better message than before. >
  
  And how many mouths does messaging feed? How many of the poor and destitute are lifted from poverty by the pope trying to improve public relations for the Catholic image in pop culture? I'm sorry but I can't see the value of your perspective because the actions you're lauding are not worthy of respect. >
  
  He says as he holds a cross worth thousands if not tens of thousands of dollars >
  
  If it's solid gold, it's probably worth the higher end of hundreds of thousands on material alone. add to it the religious significance and provenance and easily worth millions. >
  
  Easily. It's a religious relic. But so are his undies, so. Take that how you will. >
  
  
  But so are his undies, so. Take that how you will.
  
  I see a great opportunity in selling holy water that is just the bathwater of the pope. >
  
  Dios mio... >
  
  And also a refugee looking for shelter for his family from an oppressive government. Kinda like the people trying immigrate to wealthier nations >
  
  People still forget that Jesus and his family were refugees when the fled for Egypt.  Ironically it was the Romans that wanted him dead as a child and the later Romans that took his teachings creating the Roman Catholic faith.