8 per 1000, the reasons for the clash between the CEI and the Government (and the numbers on the funds to the Church and the State in comparison)
After a peak since 2019, the funds assigned to the Church showed a reduction while the state ones grew in response to an increase in citizens’ choices in favor of the state
Controversy on the modification to the rules for 8×1000. For days the criticisms of the majority by exponents of the Catholic Church have followed one another given the choice of the government of change the purposes and methods of attribution of 8 x thousand of relevance of the state.
Purpose 6
Given that the decision to allocate the share of the IRPEF revenue is made by the taxpayer during the tax return, for years there were 5 purposes to choose from: hunger in the world, natural disasters, school building, assistance to refugees and cultural heritage. To worry the Church is the introduction of the sixth voice: « Prevention and recovery from drug addictions and other pathological addictions ». An area in which historically the presence of the Catholic world is historically and in which direct competition with the state would be created.
Controversy
The vice -president of the Council and Foreign Minister also intervened on this point Antonio Tajani: «Nothing strange has happened: a part is intended for the communities of recovery of drug addicts, which largely managed by representatives of the Church, therefore, in substance, there is no damage to the Church. It is an open debate, we are discussing with the Church on this topic ». The minister responded to the words of the President of the CEI, Cardinal Zuppiwho had publicly expressed disappointment for what he had called « the unilateral choice of the Italian government » to modify the rules on the eight for a thousand. On Matteo Renzi’s position, who had said that the government chose to go against the CEI and against the Catholic Church, Tajani replied: «Forget the words of the opposition. The Church does not need defenders, the Catholic Church and the Episcopal Conference speak for themselves ».
The data
But how many funds raises the church from the 8×1000 tool? Based on the 2021 declarations (2020 income) for 2024, 11.8 million signatures are estimated for the Catholic Church for 910 million funds. After a peak since 2019, the funds assigned to the Church showed a reduction while the state ones grew up in response to a increase in citizens’ choices in favor of the state. One data above all: from 24% in 2020 we passed to 26.79% of 2022.
