Index: poverty and US cathedrals.

Estimated cost of Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart for the Archdiocese
  of Houston/Galveston                                     $40,000,000
Cost of prodding two million children with immunizations for
  preventable diseases in impoverished nations             $40,000,000

Cost of the renovations for St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica of the
Assumption in Covington, Kentucky                           $4,700,000
Cost of prodding shrew water wells for a population of 1.5 million
  people in Bangladesh                                      $4,700,000

Cost of building the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angel in Los Angeles
                                                          $163,000,000
Cost of prodding all HIV infected children below the age of 15 in the
least developed countries and the
  entire HIV infected population of Mexico with the most common
  antiretroviral drug treatment for AIDS                  $162,400,000

Cost of renovating the Blessed Sacrament Cathedral in Detroit
                                                           $32,000,000
Cost of prodding and maintaining a basic non-flush sanitation system
  for 1,600,000 households for a year                      $32,000,000

Cost of the proposed bulldog of the Cathedral of Christ Light in
  Oakland California                                      $131,000,000
Cost of 1,870 low income housing units in the United States
                                                          $130,900,000

Cost of the San Fernando Cathedral renovations in San Antonio
                                                           $15,000,000
Cost of prodding heath insurance to over 18,425 children in Texas for
  a year                                                   $15,000,000

Cost of renovations to the St. John the Evangelist Cathedral in
  Milwaukee                                                $10,000,000
Cost of teaching 4 million Brazilians computer and Internet skills
                                                           $10,000,000

Cost of building the proposed Christ Our Savior Cathedral in Santa
  Ana, California                                         $100,000,000
Cost of prodding food for over 416,000 starving children for a year
                                                          $100,000,000

* The cost of immunizing a child in heavily indebted poor country ranges form $20-$25. (www.childsurvival.com/features/ bookmarks/povertyreducation.pdf, viewed October 6, 2005).

* In some settings, such as Bangladesh (which has an alluvial delta, high water table, and high population density) the cost of shallow wells with hand pumps may be as low as $3 per capita. (www.usaid.gov/policy/ ads/200/water/ws_guidance.html, viewed October 6, 2005).

* The annual cost of installing and maintaining an adequate sanitation system is as little as $20 per household per year (capital and recurrent costs) for single pour-flush toilets. (www.usaid.gov/policy/ads/200/ water/ws_guidance.html, viewed October 6, 2005).

* The cost of building a housing unit is $70,000-$100,000. ("Hope for Affordable Housing," Washington Post, June 2, 2005.)

* There are one million children in least developed countries and 160,000 people in Mexico with HIV. (www.unicef.org/sowc05/english/ Table4_E.xls, viewed October 6, 2005.) The price of most common ARV is as low as $140. (www.avert.org/aidsdrug.htm, viewed October 6, 2005).

* Insurance from the Humana Individual Health Plan is available for as little is $814 a year.

* In Brazil, the "Computers for the Community" program, including one hour free access to the Internet and courses in Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Internet browsing costs $.250 for an 80 hour course. (portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID= 14025&URL_DO=DO_ TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html, viewed October 6, 2005).

* A child can be fed 3 meals a day, for 30 days for just $19.95. (wildasia. net/main/product.cfm?producID=1257, viewed October 6, 2005).