Why was my question about the publication of the Vatican's financial statements met with hostile responses?
In the U.S., we hope that Christian ministries to publish financial statements that describe how donations are used (and the IRS law requires such disclosure of financial statements). So why my question was simple and neutral as to whether the financial statements of the Vatican, published online finds so offensive. Is not God the honor if the many gifts that Christians around the world embark on and support charitable projects described and quantified? Since all of them give in charity to bless "the least of these" is like giving to Christ himself, is not disclosing these "good works" an act of worship?
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I am not a Catholic but I am not at all anti-Catholic or otherwise hostile to Catholics projects. I assumed it was an innocent question, especially in examining the financial situation so common by the ministries of Christians has long been in the U.S..
Incidentally, for those who have answered "because the Vatican is a nation, not just a charity. I merely point out that a great many nations publish financial statements so that taxpayers know how their taxes are being spent. Moreover, while the Vatican is a nation, is unusual among nations to achieve most of its income from donations from around the world.
And for the person who answered, "saying that such a question on the Vatican does not belong to the category Religion & Spirituality, do not understand their reasoning. I am a retired professor of religious studies and articles on the Vatican and its finances have often been published in academic journals of religion and, obviously, the quantification of the donations from members of the Catholic Church and the churches is certainly a subject of religion. So the complaints about currently is both stupid and against the decisions of the academic journal editors believe that tithing and donations are a part of the religious life of many. And certainly many types of emotional reactions that are caused by a very neutral question says a lot about religion and how peopole react to religious subjects.
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Everything went to Google: the 2008 budget of the Vatican
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Vatican, 7 July 2004 (CWNews.com) —
The annual budget of the Holy See in 2003 showed a deficit of € 9,569,456 ($ 11,853,206) - about 29 percent below previous year's deficit.
The separate budget for the Vatican city-state also showed a deficit of 8, € 820,678 ($ 10,925,733). That, too, an improvement in performance last year, the deficit was 45 percent smaller.
The accounts for 2003 were released by the Vatican press office on July 7. These figures are prepared for an annual meeting of the commission of cardinals who supervise the financial affairs of the Holy See.
On Thursday, July 8th, Cardinal Sergio Sebastiani, president of the Prefecture of Economic Affairs will hold a press conference to present the detailed financial reports.
The figures show that income of the general budget for 2003, € 203,659,498 ($ 252,262,837) and the cost to € 213,228,954 ($ 264,116,044), the creation of the euro 9,569,456 deficit for the year . The accounts for 2002 had shown a substantially larger deficit of 13.5 billion euros.
Most of the expenses incurred by the Vatican described as the costs of "service of the pope and the care of the universal Church." The figures include the salaries of 2,674 people working in the Roman Curia, including 755 priests, 344 religious and 1,575 laymen. The Vatican also pays pensions to about 1,000 retired workers.
The budget for the Vatican City-State, which deals with the temporal affairs of the Holy See, showed a much smaller deficit in 2003 than in 2002, the deficit in the figures for this year was € 8,820,678, compared to 16,048 508 in 2002. The only major expense for the city-state was the operating deficit of Vatican Radio. In their discussions of the budget, the cardinals who met on July 6 focused on the cost of Vatican Radio. According to the official statement issued on July 7, took into account the need for new communication technologies, and "relevant and beneficial" that supplies services of Radio Vatican, especially for countries with limited means evangelization. "
The Vatican statement also referred to a 5.7 percent increase in revenue worldwide, "Peter's pence collection. That collection, which Catholics everywhere to donate to support the Pope and his charitable efforts, brought in € 55,842,854 ($ 69,169,751) in 2003. The Vatican statement said the demands of charity of the pope have been particularly high in recent years because of "serious difficulties caused by tensions and conflicts" around the world.
They are published online; http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/2008/Holy- …
The Vatican is not subject to the laws of the IRS, dear.
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People do not like having their mistakes made public.
still do not know how much money they have.
Some believe in financial responsibility in connection with "nonprofit" organizations in the United States.
However, the Vatican is the government entity for the city itself is called the Vatican in the country known as Italy, at this time.
Therefore, everything should be done is a simple reallocation of accounting processes.
In any case, many organizations currently share a disclosure open locally, with its members over the issue of the relationship and the principles of honest disclosure of the accounting code (s).
no offense is just what "they" do every time you "question" their actions and why and how they follow the false doctrines and man-made and traditions mandate on the word of God / the truth and the laws …. is just a "normal" reaction of programming … God Bless