IcyChain
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Well, I wouldn't exactly call that rolling in the dough. . .“Cardinals have what they call “The Cardinal’s Plate,” Scheel explains. “Cardinals get 5,000 euros a month…That’s $68,000 per year [in American currency],” explains Scheel.”
They also get free room and board.
I have seen some wealthy parish priests (who generally have it from family, prior work, etc.) but this has been pretty rare. Haven't seen too many that live lavish at all, but it would be interesting to see some actual stats on it. It's not like a room in your average rectory is an 8-bedrom mansion, we have to keep it real here. It's not like if you roll to Ruth Chris on a random evening you will find 3 priests dining there. . . If I've seen one with a car, it is typically something like a Ford. And as far as freebies from parishioners, sure, I've seen that happen too, but that's also highly dependent on the community in which the priest serves. If you look at the worldwide Catholic population, I'd be willing to bet that we are not exactly among the richest, a huge number of us being located in the global south. But yeah, I can see that happening more in some of the wealthier Catholic communities in the US and Europe. What you say does happen, but my perception is that it is more the exception than the rule.
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