LL>>> The pope already paid Michelangelo for those frescoes on the   
    LL>>> ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.  And that is supposed to be God's   
    LL>>> house.  So who really owns all those works of art?  Then again,   
    LL>>> there are also lots of other treasures, such as statues.  Lots   
    LL>>> of statues ...   
      
    BB>> Not to mention all the gold and silver looted out of   
    BB>> Mexico. :)   
      
    BB>> Great days, those.   
      
    BK>>  The looted gold went to the royal family mostly.   
      
    BB>  Oh yeah, those old Catholic Fathers were happy just to   
    BB>  convert the heathens. :)  Course the fact you had to burn   
    BB>  a few to spread the word was just collerateral damage. :)   
      
    I don't believe they burned any in the New World. Never had   
    enough of a military presence to try that. Not standing behind   
    them.   
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
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