This Is The Gay Bathhouse The Vatican’s Cardinals Live Next To
The Vatican spent $30 million buying much of the property that surrounds Europa Multiclub, Europe’s largest gay bathhouse.
2. Above Europa Multiclub lives Cardinal Ivan Dias, one of the most vocally anti-gay cardinals in the Vatican, who has called for a cure for the “unnatural” gay community.
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3. The Vatican recently spent $30 million buying the properties surrounding Europa, giving Cardinal Dias a 12-room suite above the gay bathhouse. Eighteen other Cardinals live on the block.
4. Europa Multiclub, described by the New York Post as a “gay Xanadu,” heavily advertises papal-themed bear nights on its website.
5. Here’s a slightly NSFW video advertising Europa’s Subwoofer Sauna Nights, featuring a burly gentleman dressed as a priest who proceeds to *ahem* defrock:
7. From Europa Multiclub’s digital tour on its website:
11. As for what the club is actually like, the reviews online aren’t terrific:
Via nighttours.com
12. This isn’t the first questionable Vatican purchase in recent memory either. In 2011, the Vatican bought a publishing company with extensive catalog of erotica novels.
READ MORE: Catholic Church’s $2.3 Billion Store Sells 2500 “Erotic” Books
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Ryan Broderick is a reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in London.
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