Great commentary on the USCCB by Patrick Coffin this morning. He points out that their annual budget is $180 million, and not all of that comes from donations from Catholics. As an example, he says that 64.7% of the total annual budget of Catholic Relief Services is money given to them by the federal government. He says:

“It’s getting harder to know where the Church ends and the State begins…Somehow, somehow the Catholic Church in America managed to preach the Gospel, celebrate the sacraments and teach the faith for over 300 years before the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops began in 1966.”

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