----- Original Message ----- From: "Travis Edmunds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 10:53 AM Subject: Re: New Hate-Mongering Chick Tract is out
> >Maybe someone here knows, but I thought the Vatican's riches had quite > >a bit to do with banking over the last few centuries. > > I'm not really sure. I do know that priests receive a salary of sorts that I > believe comes from the Vatican. As for tithing (commonly given/taken through > *collections* at mass), it is utilized in the upkeep and running of > individual parishes. And in many cases this money is short of where it needs > to be in order to adequately address the financial hurdles that parishes > must overcome to remain open. The Vatican's riches are basically the artwork and other antiques that it has gathered over the centuries. They also got some funds when Italy took over most of Vatican City, back in the '30's I think...but it might have been the '20s. The main source of funding for the entire Catholic church is 1) Contributions from US parishes. 2) Contribution from the German Catholic church, where the government still subsidizes churches. The Vatican is not living hand to mouth, but would soon exhaust its resources and would have to sell its art, and the Vatican itself for that matter, if it were to maintain its current expenses after any substantial cuts in the money given by the US or Germany. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
