Fly Fisherman

Perchik: Money is the world's curse. Tevye: May the Lord smite me with it. And may I never recover. --Fiddler on the Roof 😉

And St. Peter's Basilica, and the Milano D'Uomo, and 1,000s of other incredible, awesome, and amazing structures of the Catholic Church. I served my mission in Italy, and just loved everything about it. These were truly remarkable and amazing sites to see. Can't wait to get back!

I actually worked for the Church recently for a few years as a Senior Software Engineer. I was paid more than $120K a year with full benefits while working there. I would guess that some or many of the critics who attack the Church on its finances would hold to the logic that executives of major billion dollar corporations make too much money and should be paid far less. And yet, here I was working for this "billion dollar corporation" of the Church making more than its "executives".