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VATICAN CITY—Every year, Catholics around the world donate tens of millions of dollars to the pope. Bishops exhort the faithful to support the weak and suffering through the pope’s main charitable appeal, called Peter’s Pence.
What the church doesn’t advertise is that most of that collection, worth more than €50 million ($55 million) annually, goes toward plugging the hole in the Vatican’s own administrative budget, while as little as 10% is spent on charitable works, according to people familiar with the funds.
"As little as 10%"... what does that make LDS, Inc.'s 1% ???
Mormon 8 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 11, 2019 1:36 pm
"As little as 10%"... what does that make LDS, Inc.'s 1% ???
A sign of an MLM trying hard to bring in non-refundable donations?
Well, I'm better than dirt! Ah, well... most kinds of dirt; not that fancy store-bought dirt; that stuff is loaded with nutrients. I can't compete with that stuff. -Moe Sizlack
1%, 5%, 10%... it's irrelevant once you become familiar with and recognize/understand that these 'churches' are big businesses masquerading as a religion with billions at their disposal while enjoying tax-exempt status. At that point, it becomes easy to donate what you can directly to charities such as homeless shelters and food banks and not to a 'church' that is going to waste it on their corporate ventures.
At that point, it becomes easy to donate what you can directly to charities such as homeless shelters and food banks and not to a 'church' that is going to waste it on their corporate ventures.