Render Unto Rome: The Secret Life of Money in the Catholic Church
- ISBN-10
- 0385531346
- ISBN-13
- 9780385531344
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 420
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-06
- Publisher
- Broadway Books
- Author
- Jason Berry
Description
A cautionary investigative exposé into some of the controversial ways the Catholic Church uses its considerable wealth traces the journey of money collected by some of the U.S.'s poorest parishes, revealing the considerable measures taken to conceal Vatican resource allocation. 50,000 first printing.
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