text: 5/4/17 "The Irish Catholic Church has assets valued at almost €4billion We totted up the total value of the schools, hospitals and services which are owned and controlled by religious orders in Ireland; schools owned by dioceses or parishes and not by religious orders...bringing the total up to €3.95bn." (thesun.ie)
  6/1/17 "Among the five new cardinals, Jean Zerbo, Archbishop of Bamako in Mali, according to the French newspaper Le Monde, has been accused of embezzlement of funds and their transfer to Swiss bank accounts...a total amount of 12 million euros.  The current treasurer of the bishops' conference, Abbot Noël Somboro, asserts - as reported by Le Monde - 'In any case, we have bank accounts in various parts of the world.'"(lastampa.it)
  6/22/16 The Archdiocese of Munich and Freising has about 6.3 billion euros assets. Instead of criticizing this large sum, many organizations praise the diocese for its transparency in making the revelation. (sueddeutsche.de)
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