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Article: Challenges of finance.(DESTINATIONS)(finance of cathedrals)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- July 20, 2007
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Whether in Texas, the Czech Republic or Britain, "all cathedrals face critical cases of finance," noted Msgr. David Garcia. Westminster Abbey, with an annual budget of $20 million, charges $18 per visitor; Canterbury, whose budget is $6 million, has a $10 fee. St. Paul's; Southwark Cathedral, south of the River Thames in Southeast London; and Salisbury Cathedral in Wiltshire, Western England all charge admission.
Westminster Cathedral, home to the Catholic archdiocese of London, suggests a voluntary contribution of $4 per tourist, noting that it costs 3,000 British pounds ($6,000) per day to keep the church going. Among the cathedrals Garcia visited during a 2005 ...