I do think it is pretty disgusting how so many organisations, companies and rich people have donated such large sums of money to save an iconic building but cannot contribute money to some of the more pressing problems humans are currently or will be shortly facing. Problems that Scientists all agree could threaten the very existence of humans ourselves, thus making donations to this completely mute and irrelevant.
I get that it is an iconic building and such and that it will be great to see it restored, of course it will. But, there are far bigger issues that sort of money could help solve. The fact that companies get very large tax breaks when they donate money to certain institutions like the church doesn't help my cynicalism one bit, coincidence? I think not. Motivated over money.
The catholic church is already filthy rich. I mean come on, it wont even dent their own coffers to restore this building themselves. It wont!
What a totally bent and backwards world we all live in. The rich donating huge sums to the filthy rich, but won't donate money to help save the thing we all rely on for life, or to help cure disease and starvation. The world is a joke sometimes.