February 17, 2012

There's No Catholic Obligation to Tithe

Timothy Carney, Washington Examiner

Jennifer Rubin, a pro-Romney conservative blogger at the Washington Post, knocks Rick Santorum for giving too little to charity -- less than 3 percent, despite his high six-figure salary.

Rubin writes: "He apparently believes in church doctrine about contraception but not about tithing."

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