Fact. "In the same way, anyone of you who does not renounce all his possessions cannot be my disciple.". The Protestant church down the street is worth one million dollars. So far from greasing the skids, the real problem with special interest money is that those who espouse the opposite position form equally well-funded special interest groups, and the result is gridlock. Last I checked, neither Chicago nor Vatican City has "trillions" of dollars, and budgets ending in "red" is not indicative of wealth. Copyright © 2020 Multiply Media, LLC. People want to go to heaven when they die. Join Yahoo Answers and get 100 points today. In 1917, Cardinal James Gibbons appealed to Charles Schwab, of Bethlehem Steel, to donate land and funding for a new Catholic church near his plant at Sparrows Point. Kind of hard to put a dollar value on artwork made for the greater glory of God. 1 decade ago. If it actually were spent doing good things for mankind as is deemed appropriate in the bible, it wouldn't be so bad and we could forget just how violently these riches were acquired, but unfortunately this is not the case. Who is the longest reigning WWE Champion of all time? I mean, how hard can it be to run a school?" i give only about 5 dollars a week but I give it gladly. They are also not an official part of a larger transnational spiritual organization. I stepped in to save it and to run. On this the day after Labor Day and having heard that powerful passage from Luke, I ask my bishop friends these questions: Do you seek to get to know the poor as well as you know the rich? They rely on the generosity of its members who donate the money because they like the idea of helping millions of people around the world every year. They have been in existence for centuries and during that time took possession of lands, sold dispensations, took donations etc. Ano ang pinakamaliit na kontinente sa mundo? The Catholic Church is the largest private charity on earth and in the USA. The money it has and used to feed, clothe, shelter, heal (in hospitals and spiritually) and educate millions of people each year come from Catholics who donate the money freely to do this work. Ano ang mga kasabihan sa sa aking kababata? Roman Catholic AnswerThe Catholic Church does NOT have "so much money" and what the Church does take it, it uses all of it and then some. Many rich folk look at their material success and view it as confirmation of their human and moral worth, and as their material wealth is greater than that of the average Joe, so must their human and moral worth be greater. That mean their church is worth about $3,333.33 per member. The pennies of the poor built the parishes, and those same parishioners organized the St. Vincent de Paul societies to help the indigent. Pagkakaiba ng pagsulat ng ulat at sulating pananaliksik? The Catholic Church is not a corporation. They figure giving money to the Church can't hurt their chances. Look at the protestants. Similarly, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump campaigned against the special interest money funding their opponents, although they misstated the problem. 0 0. lukelee96. The annual budget of Vatican City is no larger than the annual budget of the City of Chicago and, more often than not, ends in the "red". All Rights Reserved. But, listening to Jesus' strong words at Mass Sunday, I thought of a different danger that money presents. God bless those rich people who give large chunks of money to help the poor. The reputed wealth of The Vatican is painted on their walls It is not in bank accounts anywhere. When workers at a Catholic university attempt to organize a union, and the university president opposes the effort and employs the language of union-busting corporate titans, a kind of moral and intellectual corruption has occurred: The president repeats what he has heard from his board and forgets Rerum Novarum. The Knights of Columbus is just one of many you may have heard of in the past. To hear their stories and their perspectives? It is this last point that differentiates the contemporary bishop from mendicant friars: Both begged, but the mendicant begged daily and for his sustenance. The material on this site can not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with prior written permission of Multiply. I have to say, as usual from the Catholic Church on precisely how the money is being spent, we're assured it's being spent for payroll and utilities, keeping people employed. The money they are reputed to have is a delusion created by Chick publications and a host of other bigots.

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