A 2023 Marketplace (American Public Media) explainer on why no credible total valuation of the Vatican's art and property exists.
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Assessment
Reliability Tier2
Tier 2: a public radio business desk's explanatory journalism, cited here for its account of why no total valuation exists rather than for a figure. NotesA public-radio business desk explaining, in plain terms, why no credible total valuation of the Vatican's art and property exists, including the widely reported detail that St Peter's Basilica is carried on the books at a symbolic one euro. Cited here for that absence, not for a figure.
Citation
PublisherMarketplace (American Public Media)
Publication Year2023
URLhttps://www.marketplace.org/story/2023/02/10/how-much-money-does-catholic-church-have
Source Typenews
Claims Backed By This Source (19 claims)
This source backs 19 claims across the atlas. As facts: 14 well-attested, 1 open question. As cited relationships: 1 connected. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Open Questions, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Empires & Polities, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 open question, 1 general references.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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