At the Conference of Bishops, the counters are going crazy.
Every December 31, a little before midnight, Catholics wake up and think about donating money to the Catholic Church just before the fateful tax cutoff so that the Church's denier can be deducted from their taxes.
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There is always a peak around 11 p.m. on December 31
, testifies Ambroise Laurent, a lay person, assistant secretary general of the episcopate, in particular in charge of finances.
Hundreds of donations then poured in.
This enarque entered the service of the Catholic Church four years ago.
He presented, Friday, December 9 in Paris, the 2021 budget inventory of a Church of France violently crossed by the crisis of sexual abuse in recent years.
Dark news that did not, however, cause a drop in donations.
"
It's a surprise, there was no effect
," admits this official.
Even the publication of the Ciase report in October 2021, which documented the extent of the scandals, in the midst of…
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