tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6440368938017669185.post84241007406839431..comments2019-12-24T04:53:58.497-08:00Comments on East End Sunday Service: St Annes, Underwood Road, Tower Hamlets, 23.10.11Joel Pullinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07136192060156643171noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6440368938017669185.post-2445723698949923532011-11-20T08:01:56.689-08:002011-11-20T08:01:56.689-08:00the catholic church is not the richest in the worl...the catholic church is not the richest in the world, it is the poorest, at least here in america. catholics give less money to their church than people in any other religion. the average catholic gives less than one percent of their income to their church compared with over 2% for protestants and over 8% with mormons.<br /><br />so in other words if you had a protestant church and a catholic church , both with the same number of parishioners, the protestant church will have more than twice as much money.<br /><br />this idea that the catholic church hoards its money is so obviously not true i wonder if you could have typed this post with a straight face. look at all of the charity it does ( a ton) and then the charity protestant churches do ( barely anything at all on the whole even thought they have more than twice as much money.) <br />the catholic church runs almost 50% of the private schools in america even thought it is a protestant country and it runs 16% of the countrys hospitals. <br /><br />so the catholic church uses what little it has to honor god by giving him great places of worship and obeys him by giving the rest to the poor and needy.<br /><br />by the way the Vaticans budget is $500 million a year. their are 1.1 billion Catholics in the world. that means that the vatican collects an average of 45 cents a year from each catholic. if this great wealth is "hypocrisy" then what would not be hypocrisy. if 45 cents a year is to much what would be OK with you?matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219821844298494658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6440368938017669185.post-77138174479143055842011-11-06T05:42:27.311-08:002011-11-06T05:42:27.311-08:00Thank you for a strong and clear message - to Chri...Thank you for a strong and clear message - to Christians, clergy and all.Martin Oppegaardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06739543981277042024noreply@blogger.com