Here's an interesting piece on Catholic church finances:

Catholic Church and Pope Francis: Religious institutions are exempted from nonprofit disclosure rules, so nobody knows how rich they really are.


Related anecdote on the issue of whether parish finances are church assets or parish assets: BIL lives in a town with a Catholic parish. That parish is fiscally responsible and has a lot of $$. Membership was declining. Bishop decided to close that parish and merge it with a fiscally less responsible neighboring parish. In response, members of the responsible parish decided to spend down all their assets before the merger rather than having them become integrated into funds of less responsible parish.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13