Thanks, Simond. You're right -- that stat was incorrect. I replaced it with another one from a different source. One of the problems is that the Catholic Church has such extensive holdings, I'm not sure anyone knows for certain how much wealth they control. Most of their wealth seems to be in real estate, but it's spread all over the planet.
I saw a statement that the Boston Archdiosese alone has assets of more than $600 million USD and liabilities of about 1/10 that much, giving it a net worth of over $500 million. That figure was from before the molestation lawsuits though, so I'm not sure what it is now.
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