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Letter shows Vatican knew about Nazi death camps despite long denial
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The Vatican is its own country, they don't pay themselves taxes.
They don’t pay taxes to the city of Rome either, despite using our services and infrastructures: they use Rome’s sewage system but don’t pay for it, they use Rome’s garbage collection system but don’t pay for it - we are talking about private homes, not just churches. They don’t pay for the police service, streets maintenance and so on. The Vatican is s literal parasite of the city of Rome and the Italian nation as a whole. They are not an independent state, they depend on us for everything, hence they should pay taxes for the social services they use.
These are just humble men of God. Where would they possibly get the money to pay for such things?
Exactly.
To be fair, this sounds like it's also on the Italian politicians and therefore the Italian public for not having done anything. Just start charging them, what are they gonna do? Either cough up or become a stinking pile of shit.
They also don't pay taxes in a shitload of other countries.
When the Church is dismantled, who gets Vatican City? What would be a fun choice?
According to Crusader Kings, the Norse
Well, Vatican city was already an Italian possession after the unification. The fascist regime gave it back to the papal state in exchange for the Church supporting Mussolini and fascism (Patti lateranensi).
That's why we can't give it to Italy. Someone else gotta get it.
The Islamic State
Walmart. Some of the supercenters are already almost as big as Vatican City when you count parking. At least it would serve some useful function.