For generations, religious denominations in the United States have been largely exempt from paying taxes. However, some cracks are beginning to show in that armor.
Nibbles or bites, tax policy fights eating away at church exemptions
Congolese church commission welcomes new mining code, higher taxes
Catholic leaders welcomed tax hikes on mining multinationals as part of Congo’s new mining code in a show of agreement with the government of embattled President Joseph Kabila.
Civility must guide debate on social challenges, USCCB president says
Acknowledging wide divisions in the country over issues such as health care, immigration reform, taxes and abortion, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops called for civility to return to the public debate.
Father Kenneth Doyle: Ending of Our Father/ OK to write off church donations?
The use of a Protestant ending to the Lord’s Prayer theologically and historically rooted.