Catholic Church worth $30 billion nationally, investigation finds

There are calls for the Catholic Church's tax-free status to be reviewed after a Fairfax investigation revealing the extent of property, assets and investments owned by the church in Australia. Fairfax's six-month investigation found the Catholic Church was worth more than $9 billion in Victoria alone. The investigation extrapolated that figure to estimate the church's national wealth at $30 billion. The Age's journalists obtained property valuations from dozens of Victorian councils.
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