text: I'm the last person in the world to know anything about Vatican finances, but I was struck with the word "profits," and by the statement that all profits go to the Vatican.  No parish or religious organization I've ever been involved with admitted to anything approaching a "profitable" state, other than what may appear almost apologetically on an annual balance sheet -- with an asterisked notation of projected future expenses to zero it out within a month or two.  I just have to think that assets in the billions and profits counted by millions may not be what Jesus has in mind while there are refugees and the poor also measured in millions.  I would hope (although I know it's not universal) that the institutional Church pays living wages to all employees and funds equitable retirements. It's the excess leftovers that I'm questioning, in light of the Gospel.  Profits?