Catholic Wealth & Spending Infographic

These discussions never seem to go away, so here’s something (hopefully) socially friendly to help discussions!

“Sell the Vatican, Feed the world” goes the urban legend. Here are a couple considerations for those who share this attitude.

To the statement “The Catholic church wastes billions of dollars on chairs and cathedrals when it could be feeding the poor,” a good response is to show what the Church does with the money, and to compare it to other big businesses.

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Sources (Accessed 3/2/2014):

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