This was a headline on a story in the property section of The Irish Times some weeks ago, it ran:
"Little Sisters of the Poor seeking €20m from nursing home sale”
No one expects any charitable organisation to sell property below the market value.
Still, the headline must set the reader thinking. There is a real sense of oxymoron about it. There’s a funny side to it but there is also a deadly serious aspect to it.
Money is always a delicate subject and it is an extremely delicate topic for the church, all churches.
On the one hand the church is on the side of the poor, it says so and it is. On the other hand its portfolio is gigantic; it employs the top bankers, top legal teams, top architects, top fund managers. But it never seems to engage decent PR companies, which is a real mystery.
The Catholic Church, all the churches, have done extraordinary work for the poor, the sick, the old, the homeless. It has played a positive role in the education of generations of Irish people.
So often the churches simply mirror what’s going on in society.
All part of the mystery of life?
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