2023-09-30 05:19:30
Jean-François Husson, lecturer at ULiège and coordinator of ORACLE (Observatory of Administrative Relations between Religions, Organized Secularism and the State), details the distribution of subsidies according to their origin: ” Federal interventions in Catholic worship amount to 75 million euros. These are the salaries, namely the salaries and pensions of ministers of religion. That is to say parish priests, bishops, deans, etc. The other main source is local. These are the interventions of municipalities, provinces and regions for the coverage of church factories. In total, 126 million are reserved for the management of places of Catholic worship. “
Jean-François Husson specifies the expenditure items for this financing at the local level: “It’s not regarding treatments. This covers, for example, maintenance work, loans, insurance, heating, etc. Everything related to logistics, the functioning of worship. That is to say, having buildings that are in a condition that allows the worthy exercise of worship. But also, everything that is essential for worship such as hosts, incense, etc. Note that 6.4 million euros covers chaplaincy expenses. These are religious services provided in prisons, hospitals, in the army, etc.“
In addition to this public funding, the Church also has its own resources. Among these, it has a significant real estate portfolio. The Church has also received and still receives donations and legacies. This is without counting the proceeds from Sunday collections, and the money obtained during certain events.
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