text: If the USCCB had business savvy combined with the desire to fully live the spirit of Laudato Si in the US, they could create an organization that would aggregate the roof space of all US Catholic churches and other church-owned properties into one solar energy-to-revenue project that could help fund Catholic Church activities in the US.   Such an approach
  would have economies of scale that would drive down unit costs for equipment and installation, and if 8 year payback is typical, the stable rate of return would be attractive to many investors.