The show has been great but I couldn't help but laugh when in the final episode of Season One Leah visits St Patrick's to light a candle and as she's sitting in a pew her VO says she can't stand by and let the CoS continue to take people's money in meantime in background you can see people feeding dollars into a machine inside St Patrick's.....
shareCatholic schools do NOT get tax money unless they're located some place with voucher systems; which were designed to give education tax money to all the "Christian" private schools that were set up after integrated public schools were mandated.
In some states, Roman Catholic charitable organizations get paid to handle some social service functions. For example, in Illinois, Catholic Charities is paid to handle and oversee most of the work around family foster care and adoptions; they also provide education and care for unwed mothers; and run orphanages for the state. Lutheran Services and Jewish Services also get paid to provide social services for the state regardless of creed or religion.