If you were seeking confirmation that the current economic crisis really is evil, look no further than the Holy See.The Vatican reported on Thursday that its tiny state wasn't spared by the global economic downfall. With its budget deficit hitting $19 million, 2011 was one of the Holy See's worst financial years on record.With lines for entering Vatican museums and Saint Peter's Basilica consistently as long as the Vatican wall, last year alone tickets for attractions like the Sistine Chapel filled the Vatican's coffers with more than $90 million. If to that you add the almost $70 million the pope received in charitable donations, it's difficult to believe that the smallest state in the world, with its 0.2 square miles territory, could ever go in the red.But it turns out the Vatican's assets can be a mixed blessing.Alberto Pizzoli / AFP Getty Images fileSt. Peter's Basilica is visited by Vatican tourists.The sheer cost of employing almost 3,000 people to run the Vatican, its radio and newspaper services, plus the especially bad real estate market affecting some of Italy's most prestigious palazzos owned by the Vatican, mean it spent more, much more, than it earned.While the budget deficit is one of the worst ever recorded, it certainly is not the first time the Vatican balance sheet has looked as red as a cardinal hat.In 2010 the Holy See posted a $12 million surplus, but in 2009 it ran a deficit of about $5 million. 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