[ealgeone]

Whereas just one segment of the the Catholic Church, Catholic Charities, gives $3.69 Billion dollars (2014 data) in one year to the poor. Source CARA ibid.

whoa again there, lurking....this is not money given by catholic charities.....the $3.69b is the value of those services.

We can go to the website and prove this....and you know I've been there.

The tax return for 2013-2014 filed by Catholic Charities, USA, form 990, reports revenue of $31,800,473. Actual contributions and grants were 25,511,072.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/261483129/Fy2014-Form-990-Ccusa

As you noted in this thread we have no idea how they valued those services or how much was contributed.

This article may be of interest to other readers. It doesn't paint this organization in a very positive light. http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=7587

btw...still waiting on your answer to if you tithe, and if so, is it on the gross or the net. your silence is telling.

[LurkingSince'98]

Whatever

Leaving for the park

AMDG

[RnMomof7]

whoa again there, lurking....this is not money given by catholic charities.....the $3.69b is the value of those services.
We can go to the website and prove this....and you know I've been there.
The tax return for 2013-2014 filed by Catholic Charities, USA, form 990, reports revenue of $31,800,473. Actual contributions and grants were 25,511,072.

Also worthy of note is that Catholic Charities gets lots of federal and state monies .. to help "pay" for those services ....