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To: smvoice; verity; Absolutely Nobama; Elendur; it_ürür; Bockscar; Mary Kochan; Bed_Zeppelin; ...
..and yet the Vatican takes in $200 MILLION a week from the United States..
Facts are not negotiable. smvoice may have been trying to be accurate, but not so much.

Veteran reporter debunks myths surrounding the Vatican

Another myth is that the Vatican is ultra-wealthy, he said. The annual operating budget of the Vatican City State is $270 million, he said, comparing that with the annual operating budget of the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., which is $1.2 billion. The Catholic Church in the United States collects $200 million a week, almost enough to fund the Vatican for a year, he said.

27 posted on 10/09/2011 4:16:57 PM PDT by narses ("Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions." Chesterton)
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To: narses

Yes, and I’ve already apologized to Opus for my mistake.


28 posted on 10/09/2011 4:18:24 PM PDT by smvoice (The Cross was NOT God's Plan B.)
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Ahhh, but at least the Vatican, unlike Notre Shame, is actually Catholic.


75 posted on 10/09/2011 11:19:19 PM PDT by BlackElk (Dean of Discipline, Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemen's Club: Burn 'em Bright!!!)
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