biggest possessor of gold
When to that is added all the real estate, property, stocks and shares abroad, then the staggering accumulation of the wealth of the Catholic church becomes so formidable as to defy any rational assessment.â (...) âThe Catholic church is the biggest financial power, wealth accumulator and property owner in existence. She is a greater possessor of material riches than any other single institution, corporation, bank, giant trust, government or state of the whole globe. â The pope, as the visible ruler of this immense amassment of wealth, is consequently the richest individual of the twentieth century.