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		ithought on Oct 23, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Vatican Library Puts 4,000 Ancient Manuscripts Ava... The bank has about $6.3 billion in assets and in 2012 had a net profit of $117.4 million. They finally made their financial records public in 2013. http://news.yahoo.com/whats-vatican-banks-balance-sheet-1458... http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/02/business/international/vat... Catholic Charities is definitely the biggest source of charitable work in the US and the majority of their budget comes from the US Government. 62% in 2010. There's also CRS (international), hospitals, Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (international) etc. all of which are much smaller.

dragonwriter on Oct 23, 2014 [–]

> Catholic Charities is definitely the biggest source of charitable work in the US and the majority of their budget comes from the US Government.

A majority of a plurality is not a majority.

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