Alex, you posted a thread last week about the Catholic Church..part of the article talked about the $200 million a week the Vatican receives from the U.S. Do you know which thread that was?
This is it and you may have misread the piece which states:
“Another myth is that the Vatican is ultra-wealthy, he said. The ANNUAL operating budget of the Vatican City State is $270 million, he said, comparing that with the annual operating budget of Notre Dame University in South Bend, Indiana which is $1.2 billion.
The Catholic Church in the United States collects $200 million a week, almost enough in a week to fund the Vatican for a year, he said.”
http://catholicismpure.wordpress.com/2011/10/07/exploding-myths-about-the-vatican/
The Catholic Church in the US does not send the Vatican $200 million a week.
The article states that $200 million is enough to fund the Vatican for one year which if you go back to my post, is close to the amount of revenue from worldwide collection of Peter’s Pence, a little over $200million PER YEAR.
That would be this one - Veteran reporter debunks myths surrounding the Vatican. Per author John Allen:
The annual operating budget of the Vatican City State is $270 million, he said, comparing that with the annual operating budget of the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., which is $1.2 billion. The Catholic Church in the United States collects $200 million a week, almost enough to fund the Vatican for a year, he said.