
Originally Posted by
newbie.86
sa akong nahibaw-an, 90% sa collection is used to support the parish itself to pay bills, food, services and outreach activities of the local parish
however the remaining 10% is donated to the bishop and to the Vatican to support the diocese and the missionary activities of the Pope and bishop. the Catholic Church has been establishing mission churches all over the world funded solely by the Vatican through these donations.
The Vatican has its own fundraising, not relying solely on donations alone. Although entry to the Catholic Churches in Rome is FREE (given you are in proper attire), the Vatican does charge for museum tickets, and sale of stamps where they get the revenue to maintain the city state.
what are you saying donated?.. every penny coming in to the church is understood to be owned by the whole ministry, eg VATICAN, if your percentages are true, the 90 % percent that you are saying is just a form of subsidy to the local church by the VATICAN, because apparently sending everything directly to ROME would bankrupt every Christian country,.. in other words dili ang parish ang nag donate ngadto sa VATICAN, it's the other way around..
The Vatican have a hell lot of fundraising if i must say.. money is being invested in stock markets worldwide.. and the Vatican church is said to already own 15% of all the stocks and shares registered on the Italian Stock Exchange alone, if you cant somehow wrap your head around that, let's just say that's a lot of money... and they currently made vast fortune when they invested their money in the American Stock Market after the collapse.. and all of that "TAX FREE"..
yes brad... in our parish way back in our province, every barangay in the municipality sends its representative to the parish council who basically audits the activities including the finances of the church.
legally bay dili mkatan-aw ang LGU(Local Government Unit) sa finances sa simbahan of any religion., because of the rule that the separation of Church and the State shall be inviolable (
Art II, Sec. 6, Phil. Const. 1987)... i dunno why LGUs sa inyong probinsya are doing that as every church is not obliged by our law to be transparent, church transparency is a prerogative dependent solely on its ministry, storya2 ra cguro nang imoha... however if true, aw wala cguro silay salig sa inyong simbahan, hahaha..