It also helps to own a lot of prime real estate outright. It makes the religious schools cheaper to run and keep running.
I note with interest how the Pope mentioned the Muslim invasions as an attempt to destroy the Church.
His predecessor was more concerned about apologizing for the Crusades than acknowledging the historic roots of Islam's maleficence.
Yeah, right. "Religious schools" that have huge fund drives every year - beacuse they are giving inner city blacks the only decent education any of them have a chance of getting. But I guess maybe you work for the teachers' unioin, which hates the Church.