text: So, if the chancery would "list at a sky-high price in the NYC real estate market" it's not really true that "it's a misconception that the archdiocese is rolling in dough."
  
  The Catholic Church does not need money. The Catholic Church owns so much expensive real estate, they could keep going for a century with zero donations. Doctors Without Borders, the food bank, the Humane Society and the science museum don't have enormous pieces of valuable real estate. That's why I give my money to them.
  
  (Not to mention the fact that the Humane Society never spent a cool billion defeating the ERA.)