Australia's Catholics unknowingly provide at least AUD 8 Million each year to the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference (ACBC) which the bishops use to pursue their pet projects - Withholding Mass collections is a direct means of discipling the ACBC; Iceland's Christians have shown how

 by Ganesh Sahathevan 




The  Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference has taken to Youtube to promote the Yes vote in the coming Voice  referendum , without first consulting with the faithful. This is not the first occasion on which bishops have taken off on a frolic of their own with other peoples money for  unbeknownst  to most Catholics, the bishops do what they do with money from parishioners.

In their 2021 annual report the ACBC states: 

The Conference capped its levies for three years at $8 million from 2020 to 2022. The Conference acknowledges this has been appreciated by dioceses, but notes that at the end of 2021 significant cost pressures existed evidenced by rises in the Consumer Price Index. The Conference approved a deficit budget for 2022.

The levy is paid by the archdioceses , which in turn fund that payment from Mass collections. Archdioceses are notoriously secretive about their finances despite Canon Law requiring that they provide their faithful with yearly accounts. Be that as it may be, the Sydney Archdiocese was forced to produce financial statements by the Royal Commission Into Child Sex Abuse. Those documents are now in the public domain:




 Page 1 of the  financial statements state that the Sources Of Funds include Sustentation contributions from Parishes.


These facts are not usually made known to parishioners, but its is clear from the above that the bishops decide what their take from Mass collections will be, and then use that money to take off on frolics of their own. They do need discipling, and the most direct means of doing so is by withholding the weekly giving. 

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Earlier this year, the National Church of Iceland then decided to advertise Sunday schools with pictures of a bearded Jesus with makeup and breasts wearing a white dress and jumping around erratically under a rainbow. If anyone didn’t like it, or had different ideas about Jesus, that was their problem. Those responsible for the advertisements then explained that they were just getting started with their plan to rebrand the Church.

Icelanders are nearly universally liberal in matters of sexuality and gender but this was a step too far. The Church lost support; hard-working parish council members and priests were furious. To her credit, Iceland’s first female bishop in a thousand years put her foot down and stopped the campaign before more damage was done.



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