Op-Ed: Ending Poverty by Selling-off the Vatican Art Collection

CATHOLIC HERALD
By William Oddie

Pope Francis addresses diplomats in the Sala Regia on Friday (CNS)

Should Pope Francis sell off the Vatican’s art collection and give the money to the poor? The answer is an emphatic ‘No.’ There are some irreversible actions which cause lasting damage: others which are both good and necessary. I have no doubt at all that Pope Francis, with the guidance of the God whose representative here on earth he undoubtedly is, will know the difference. And that Michaelangelo’s Pietà will remain immoveably where it is, and where it was always meant to be. [link]