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Originally Posted by OneHungLo
The Catholic Church donates something like $150-$200 billion worldwide on operating schools, hospitals and feeding the poor of all races and religious denominations. Wonder how much islam spends feeing and caring for non-muslims?
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Uh, no. They spend IN TOTAL 171 Billion per year, of which, 2.7% is for charities (4.7 Billion) per The Economist. Each of the 270 Bishops make independent spending decisions.
The 171B includes salaries for over 1 Million people, rents, electricity, heating, repair, health care, fund raising, travel. Keep in mind that the Catholic Church is the largest real estate owner and landlord in many cities such as New York so it has huge real estate related expenses. The Catholic Church also spends significant funds spreading anti-contraception and anti-abortion messaging, operating womens "health" centers that focus on stopping abortion and lobbying and influencing governments and law worldwide. It also fights against sex abuse law, spending Millions to keep its pedophile and child molesting priests out of jail.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...t-sex-n1013776
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/catho...b0e63eda9726a1
"he Catholic Church has spent at least $10.6 million lobbying against legislation that gives sexual abuse victims more time to seek justice in courts ― and that’s in the Northeast alone, according to a new report.
Church funds have gone toward attempts to oppose statute-of-limitations reform in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island between 2011 and 2018, the report released by four law firms on Tuesday suggested.
The law firms ― Williams Cedar, Seeger Weiss, Abraham Watkins, and Simpson Tuegel ― have collectively represented more than 300 survivors of clerical sexual abuse across the country. They obtained the data about the church’s lobbying efforts from public filings.
Gerald Williams, a partner at Williams Cedar, said the church’s lobbying contradict its promises to prioritize victims and take accountability for clerical sexual abuse.
“We’ve heard a lot about the church’s desire to be accountable and turn over a new leaf,” Williams told CBS. “But when we turn to the form where we can most help people and where we can get the most justice — the courts of justice — the church has been there blocking their efforts.”
$2M here:
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/pol...icle-1.2655010
https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2018/...st/1742969002/
$3M here in Pennslyvania:
Millions spent fighting laws that would help sex abuse victims seek compensation and justice.
https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2018/...st/1742969002/
Disgusting.