CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Church Property

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Church Property: "No one of these, not even the pope, has the power to alienate ecclesiastical property validly, without some proportionate reason "

And in the section on alienation, the four reasons to sell church property

Urgent necessity - maybe only possibly true if this money is going to be used for the court cases.

Manifest utility- certainly not

Piety - definitely not

Convenience - since when can a House of God be more trouble than it is worth!

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