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What are the total assets of the Catholic Church and to what purpose are they used?

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Last fiscal report puts the assets of the Roman Catholic Church as roughly 52 billion dollars. This is including current appraised and insured artistic assets that may otherwise be considered "priceless."

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The magnificent architecture, the sculptures in stone, marble, wood, and bronze, the paintings, the stained-glass windows, needlework and textiles, the musical instruments, the intricately wrought furnishings which belong to the Church all go to form the patrimony and the heritage of the people of God throughout the world - Catholic and non-Catholic alike.

As a comparison, modern-day brides and grooms often choose the most elegant, spacious and attractive venue they can find for their wedding day, and expend large sums of money decorating the place with floral arrangements, ribbons, candles, floor coverings, all to celebrate their love and what they mean to each other.

For Catholics attending Mass in church, every day is "a wedding day," a day when they meet Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament, in the Word of God, and in one another. Nothing is too good to make the house of God beautiful for Our Lord

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