THREAD: Despite having billions in cash and other funds, Roman Catholic dioceses in the U.S. took billions more from an emergency relief program for small businesses slammed by the coronavirus. Church officials say they needed the money to save jobs.http://apne.ws/dvHMcB3
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The Catholic Church doesn’t sound like a small business. But a special exception the U.S. church helped lobby into the program’s rules made its thousands of parishes, schools and other affiliated entities eligible.pic.twitter.com/z7GEDD5Lj3
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Using that break, Catholic churches, schools, offices and other entities received at least $3 billion from the paycheck program,
@AP found. That was about as much as all faith-based recipients from the four religions with the next largest amounts.http://apne.ws/6h42srXShow this thread -
When the coronavirus forced parishes to close, losing in-person Sunday collections as a result, church leaders predicted a staggering financial blow. Instead,
@AP found mounting evidence that the finances of dioceses remained robust - or even improved.Show this thread -
Catholic leaders said parishes and schools suffered financially when they were forced to close. Without paycheck program funds, they said, they would have had to slash jobs and curtail their charitable mission just when demand for services was spiking.http://apne.ws/FfGG6yw
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