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		lostlogin on May 15, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mormon whistleblower says his church is a “clandes... The Catholic Church got into this and their banking history is fascinating. Eg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Calvi

pjc50 on May 15, 2023 [–]

Oh, the Catholic Church _is_ a country, in the form of the Vatican.

(It retains a highly circuitous and squiggly-line but unbroken link to the Roman Empire!)

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