🌐 A bank full of beggars
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April 29, 2026
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The Parcast Network’s Conspiracy Theories podcast recently did a four-episode deep dive into the supposed mysteries of the Vatican. While some parts were interesting and some were just silly, it opened with what I thought was an odd anecdote – the death of the third-century CE archdeacon, Lawrence.
The anecdote began correctly. Under the persecution of Valerian, the Roman state was given authority to seize the church’s assets. When Lawrence was arrested as the steward of those assets, he was subject to significant torture and ultimately death by being grilled alive.
He never turned over the church’s treasures, the podcast noted, but then the host asked – over ominous music – what exactly were the treasures and why was he was willing to take their secrets to the grave?...
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