Thread: Italy may start taxing the Vatican. Why shouldn't churches pay tax?

Italians are just desperate for more money in the state coffers, I think!
And they are looking high and low - suddenly realised that they had this untapped source of potential income. I don't think this will be acceptable to people in Italy though.

One of the reasons Catholicism can be such a formidable power is that they have resources. Without the financial power they would be a lot less influential. I am not a Catholic but I think the Catholic church does a lot of good work around the world.

Originally Posted by Deborski

Pavelov, your response is what is absurd, here!

He's like an agent provocateur, really. Hard he's even for real. Some of his comments are so ignorant, uneducated and laden with prejudice. Yet he is so sure of himself.
What can you say..?

Originally Posted by Hanna

I don't think this will be acceptable to people in Italy though.

It's too early to know for sure, but the article says: "The government reintroduced a tax paid by anyone who owns land or property in Italy - which the Church does not pay. But a growing wave of Italians are opposed to what they see as special privileges in the face of a tightening economy."

I think the Catholic church does a lot of good work around the world.

Well, it can do some good work for Italians too. They seem to be in a tight place. And it's not like they demand money for nothing.