if they are running a deficit, maybe they can legitimately consider themselves poor? :)
The Catholic Church of Germany is worth an estimated $25,000,000,000. The Catholic Church of Australia is estimated to be worth around $20,000,000,000. Opus Dei which is a weird Catholic-supremacist group is worth $2,000,000,000 alone. The wealth of the Vatican is unknown and likely far far higher.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wealthiest_organizatio...
The Vatican itself runs a deficit every year and the budget is relatively small - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Vatican_City - as the article notes, it is plugged with donations from Catholics across the world via Peter’s pence.
As a catholic I’d rather not have my church sell off all our priceless artworks and churches to private collectors and landlords...