Sample Of A Depressed Letter

How much does it cost to Church?

"How much does it cost to Church?
A 'caste other note of our country is certainly represented by the Catholic Church.
I tried to rearrange and simplify the list government expenditures on the stipeChiesa, which amounted to approximately 9 billion euro a year.

-8 per mille: a billion euro contribution from
best known, the 8 per thousand on total revenue IRPEF, the Vatican pocketed about one billion euro. The CEI (Italian Episcopal Conference) said, however, that only 34% of this money is used for charitable works. The
8 per thousand was introduced with the revision of the Concordat of 1983 by Craxi and has a strange operation: If the taxpayers leave blank the section of 8 per thousand, its destination must be in proportion to the choices expressed. And since about 85% of the few taxpayers who choose to fill this box allocate 8 per thousand in favor of the Catholic Church, therefore, this gets about 85% of revenue.

-650 million for the salaries of 22,000 religion teachers.

-About 260 million for the funding of Catholic schools and universities.>
- 8 per thousand : billion €
From best-known contribution, 8 per thousand on total revenue IRPEF, the Vatican about a billion pockets euro.
> - 25 million for the provision of water services to the Vatican City.
From 1929 to 2004 and Italy to pay 5 million cubic meters of water consumed on average each year by the Papal State. With the Finance 2004, the Government allocates 25 million immediately and four in 2005 to give the Vatican a system of water right.

- 18 million for school vouchers for students in Catholic schools.

- 9 million to fund social security for Vatican employees and their families.

- 8 million for the salaries of military chaplains.

- 7 million to the provident fund of the clergy.

- 2 million for the construction of religious buildings and 9 million for renovation of religious buildings.

These costs must be added the long list of tax advantages granted to the Vatican, valued at about € 6 billion .
The properties of the Church are exempt from ' Ici, on' Iva , from ' Irpeg from taxes on buildings and land. If we think that about 22% of property in Italy is owned by the church, we can understand the gravity of the situation.
houses, convents, hospices, but also luxury hotels and shops. Yes, because the Church acted in two ways: it has increased the profit by converting real estate assets (convents, hospices) in hotels, has made the huge income real estate that is intended to homes. This occurred mainly in the 80s in the historic centers, inhabited by humble families. In the late '80s, however, these areas have been reassessed and the Church these families were evicted in the last two years selling real estate for almost 50 million euro (remembering that the Vatican pay half the taxes on what they earn for rent).

Regarding Ici, this is not paid because the ecclesiastical authorities certifying as "non-commercial , and is not even paid on property outside the Vatican.

ANNALISA

My good care, you said that the church
is the home of the poor, the poor people;
But you covered your church
curtains of gold and colored marble;
now how can a poor man who enters
feel like at home? ...
(Luigi Tenco - Cara Maestra