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April 23, 2019

Morals, taxes do not mix well: Jesuit economist

African countries are among the poorest in the world and the offshoring of company profits is costing each of them nearly $1 billion per year, says Fr. Charlie Chilufya.

Updated 04/23/2019

Accounting isn’t nearly as dull as we think it is, at least for those who practise the craft on behalf of international corporations that don’t want to pay taxes.

Published in International
February 19, 2018

Christian leaders in Jerusalem protest plan to tax church properties

A monk walks outside Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulcher in 2013.
JERUSALEM – The heads and patriarchs of Christian churches in Jerusalem strongly denounced the city of Jerusalem's plan to force churches to pay property taxes.
Published in International
August 27, 2015

Ted Cruz tries to rouse evangelicals with campaign against Planned Parenthood

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is trying to end taxpayer support of Planned Parenthood and reaching out to evangelicals to do so. He is pictured here in a 2013 photo.

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is waging a campaign to defund Planned Parenthood, an effort involving pastors, sermons and fasting that the Texas senator insists isn’t political.

Published in International
June 25, 2015

Ecuadoreans expect Pope will address care for creation during July visit

A woman works on a small statue of Pope Francis at the workshop of Ecuadorean sculptor Ramon Guato in Quito June 12. Guato, a sculptor of religious figures, has prepared about 2,000 figures to be sold at Catholic libraries ahead of the upcoming visit by Pope Francis to Ecuador in July.

LIMA, Peru - When Pope Francis lands in Ecuador July 5, he will be returning to a country where he has long-standing bonds of ministry and friendship.

Published in International
May 27, 2015

CPJ puts positive spin on taxes as way to promote common good

Citizens for Public Justice called for a carbon tax as the most effective way of taxing pollution. The tax can be used as credits to benefit low income people, families, businesses and the development of green technologies.

OTTAWA - Social justice think tank Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ) has issued a report that puts a positive spin on taxes as a way to reduce poverty and clean up the environment.

Published in Canada
April 26, 2015

Alberta Catholic charities critical of cut to provincial tax credit

Connie Lunde

EDMONTON - Catholic charities are crying foul at the recent Alberta budget cut to the tax credit for charitable donations. 

Once among the highest in the country, the credit has been reduced to 12.75 per cent from 21 per cent for donations of more than $200 — meaning less incentive to give money to charity, including the Church.

Published in Canada
April 25, 2012

Interfaith groups prayed for a ‘more progressive tax code’ for Ontario

The Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition (ISARC), which includes Ontario’s Catholic bishops, has been praying for higher taxes for weeks

From Catholics to Zoroastrians, faith leaders gathered at Queen’s Park to pray for prosperity and welcome the compromise Ontario budget passed April 24.

The budget, which raised taxes on those earning $500,000 or more by two per cent, spared some day care centres from cuts and added one per cent to basic welfare rates was welcomed by Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition president Rev. Susan Eagle.

Published in Canada