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U.S. - Holy See's Top Source of Funding
The Catholic Church in the United States continues to be the Holy See's greatest source of funding. But Cardinal Sergio Sebastiani, who runs the Holy See's economic affairs, still had to report a deficit for 2002-3 of some $11.8 million.
Spanish gays quit the church
Spain: Gay rights activists have handed in 1500 letters to the Catholic Church from people renouncing their faith in anger at its opposition to gay marriage, which the Socialist Government plans to legalise.
India: Jesuits embrace indigenous languages in priestly training
Jesuits in India may now study for the priesthood in the language of Konkani, after a new year long course in the language waslaunched last month. There are now more Jesuits in India than in the United States.
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