Sus! Kamong tanan akong gibasa wa diay mo makahibaw ug asa ang "corruption" sa simbahan. Kanang kolekta kada misa labi na sa Dominggo, kanang pagbaligya ug mga santo nga antik ngadto sa mga "antique collectors" wa intao'y hanaw ang katawhan, mga rebulto nga garing [ivory] sa inyong mga simbahan nangawa na, alahas sa mga santos nga pagatawgon ug "heirloom" gipamaligya, mga bulawan nga kalis gamit sa misa ug uban nga mahunahunaan ninjo.
Salamat!
WN
Way Nada,
That is all but heresay. I am active in church as a Eucharistic Minister on Sundays and at times a Minister of the Word, if called by my priest to volunteer. Now I may not be so well versed in the prerogatives of the Church, but I do know, from strong friendships and activity in my local church, church in college and back home in NJ, that the donations collected from mass are divided equally. A portion is set aside for charitable organizations headed by the Church (and the list of these are expansive/numerous), some are set for maintenance of the church (ergo, cost of electricity, electric fans, water, cleaning etc), and some are sent to the Vatican for the training of priests, nuns, monks, for the maintenance of the thousands upon thousands of Catholic Seminaries, Roman Catholic Institutions, Orphanages, Colleges, Private Schools, Health Care of priests and other individuals of the Cloth.
Defilement of the Host of Christ, religious ornaments fortwith antagonistic to the teachings to THE CHURCH (per se stealing of statues, defilment etc) are grounds for Total Anathema/ Excommunication.
Such actions you mentioned are propagated by vagrants, satanists etc. Not by the Church nor by those who are active members to Christ's Established Church on Earth. THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, founded on basis of PETER (THE ROCK/PETROS)
Thank You
In His Name,
Lorenzo
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