Pope Francis presides over the Corpus Christi ceremony outside Saint Mary Major basilica after a procession arrived from Saint John in Lateran basilica, on June 2, 2024, in Rome, Italy. | TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty Images
"Why does not the pope, whose wealth is today greater than the wealth of the richest Crassus, build this one basilica of St. Peter with his own money rather than with the money of poor believers?"
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