Paris Hilton's Inheritance Goes to Nuns?
It's a good thing that Paris Hilton gets paid so much to do appearances, she just might need the cash. On Wednesday, her grandfather, Barron Hilton announced that he's pulling a Warren Buffett and plans to donate 97 percent of his $2.3 billion fortune to charity. That number includes the $1.2 billion Barron Hilton stands to earn from both the recent sale of Hilton Hotels Corp. and pending sale of the world's biggest casino company, Harrah's Entertainment Inc. The money will be placed in a charitable trust that will eventually benefit the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, bringing its total to around $4.5 billion. it has been rumored that the senior Hilton has been embarassed by the hard-partying ways of some of his grandchildren like Paris and her sister Nicky.The Hilton foundation supports a variety of projects. Conrad Hilton established the foundation in 1944 and left most of his fortune to it when he died in 1979 but Barron Hilton challenged the will and after a long legal battle he agreed to split ownership of the shares in the Hilton hotel empire with the foundation. The Conrad N. Hilton Fund for Sisters, established in 1986, is the principal beneficiary of the Conrad N. Hilton Fund. It operates under the auspices of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, and supports the apostolic work of sisters around the globe. Projects focus on health care, education and social service. According to the Hilton Foundation website, in order for projects to qualify for funding, they must directly serve the economically disadvantaged, and at least one vowed member of an officially recognized Roman Catholic congregation of women must be directly involved with the project in a full-time capacity. The Sisters' Fund also awards emergency grants in response to natural disasters and political crises. Most of the grants from the Sisters' Fund are small and have gone to projects such as helping sisters in Uganda to begin poultry raising projects and in Vietnam, grants for sewing machines have helped sisters to establish vocational training programs for young, rural women. So far the Conrad N. Hilton Fund for Sisters has awarded over 3,600 grants totaling more than $38 million dollars.
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Jacki Feb 4th 2008 10:19AM
well look we all know that there is gunna b someone in every organization thats gunna screw it up for the rest of the group by mishandling the some of the money....but i also think that the granddad was also kinda stuck to give a large portion of the inheritance to the charity since he is sharing the hilton corporation with them. he prob should've also donated the money to other charities that really need the funding too, but a large majority would have still gone to this one charity just for that one fact of sharing the company. and i agree that this is better than letting his grandchildren gamble away a lifes fortune 2 seconds after inheriting the money...really if you did nothing to contribute or earn some of the money how are u better able to handle it....well the hilton grandchildren have certainly proven that they cant handle large amounts of money way before they got it so i support the granddad on this one
and the catholic church is up and down some decades are good some are bad
Robert Dec 29th 2007 1:54PM
Brilliant! Give the money to an organization convicted of covering-up serial acts of child sexual molestation. http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2007-07-16-abuse-settlement_N.htm
The Hilton money will go far in replacing the $660-million the Archdiocese of Los Angeles lost in their pedophiliac priests case earlier this year.
Excellent legacy, Granddad Hilton! By bailing-out the LA Archdiocese you've ensured a happy future for many Priests and countless altar boys.
Danny Dec 29th 2007 7:57PM
Either you did not read the entire story, or your anti-catholic bias prevented you from comprehending what the story said. The money goes to the Conrad N. Hilton Fund for Sisters, NOT the Arcdiocese of Los Angeles. The money is used by the sisters to help those who need it.
Furthermore, why do you judge all Catholic priests based on the actions of a small percentage, who were selfish and abused their authority for sexual gratification? You have done what certain people in our own history did less than 100 years ago, ie. people saying black men were more likely to to rape a woman than white men.
Robert Dec 30th 2007 8:49AM
D: Either you did not read the entire story...
B: Either you did not read my entire comment...
D: ...or your anti-catholic bias prevented you from comprehending what the story said.
B: ...or your pro-catholic bias prevented you from comprehending what my comment actually said.
D: The money goes to the Conrad N. Hilton Fund for Sisters, NOT the Arcdiocese of Los Angeles.
B: "It operates under the auspices of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles..."
D: The money is used by the sisters to help those who need it.
B: The money "...will eventually..." be used in that manner. But every dollar the Catholic Church has spent to first cover-up and then payoff the horrific sexual scandal that has now grown worldwide was money that was supposed to be used for more nobler causes than bailing-out pedophile priests. And I'm not the only one suspicious of the Church being auspicious:
http://www.charitygovernance.com/charity_governance/2004/11/the_catholic_ch.html
The Church has a regrettable history of financial mismanagement that is now being reviewed for criminal intent. Did my so-called bias cause these series of unfortuneate events, or did these unfortuneate events cause my so-called bias?
D: Furthermore, why do you judge all Catholic priests based on the actions of a small percentage, who were selfish and abused their authority for sexual gratification?
B: Furthermore, why to you misquote me to say "all" Catholica priests? I never wrote anything of the kind and, in-fact, wrote but one quantifying reference as "...many priests..." Not "all," not even "most."
D: You have done what certain people in our own history did less than 100 years ago, ie. people saying black men were more likely to to rape a woman than white men.
B: I've done nothing of the kind. You, however, have accused me of not reading the entire story, assailing all priests and stereotyping or profiling people into classes. Ironically it is you, Sir, who have presumed incorrectly, not read completely and accused unjustly.
Bman Dec 30th 2007 7:20PM
I am no fan of the Catholic church or religion in general. However, I would submit that atleast some of the Hilton money will be used for good causes by the foundation rather than for $5000 handbags by you know who. Maybe over time more charities will be as well run as the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation which in my mind should be the gold benchmark. In the meantime, I'm all for the money going to a mediocre charity rather than a rich spoiled brat. I take my hat off to Barron Hilton.
He Said Dec 31st 2007 2:18PM
Robert
You are still an anti-Catholic bitch.
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zena ezechiels Jan 7th 2008 10:36AM
Catholic , my friends a Greek word KATHOLIKOS. WHICH MEANS UNIVERSAL .. THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH.. FOR ALL
THE
NOT JUST THE RCS? WHO HIJACKED THE WORD.AND THE TRY TO HIJACK THE TRUE KATHOLIKOS FAITH BY THE WAY
ANTI .. IS GREEK TOO.. AS WELL AS PRO ANOTHER GREEK WORD AS WELL AS MANY OTHERS.. SO WHEN YOU SPEAK OF CATHOLIC? GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT.
I AGREE .. RE PARIS THE HEIRESS A PARIS IS YOUNG AND CAN GO AND DO A LOT OF GOOD, WHAT DID CHRIST SAY TO THE WOMAN TAKEN IN ADULTERY GO AND SIN NO MORE.. PARIS LIKE US ALL CAN CHANGE HER LIFE AND DO GOOD.. IN FACT I HAVE HEARD PARIS SAY SHE IS PLANNING TO MEND HER WAYS AND "HELP PEOPLE " NOW.. GIVE HER A CHANCE.
WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THE "NUNS" WILL DO ANY BETTER IN
I PERSONALLY DON'T THINK SO BASED ON THEIR MANY RECORDS AND THEIR BEHAVIOURS.
t Roman Catholic Nuns, wear wedding rings to represent their "marriage to God". THiS IS RIDICULOUS .. NOWHERE IN THE OLD OR NEW TESTAMENT DOES IT MENTION TO DO THIS.. CAN U SHOW ME? SOME MORE OF RC NONSENSE
IF YOU LIKE GO RENT "THE NUNS STORY" AND YOU CAN SEE THIS CEROMONY IN THE MOVIE. AN YOU CAN READ THE MANY BOOK CONCERNING THIS COMMITMENT AND POSITION
HOW RIDICULOUS HOW CAN ANYONE EVEN FATHOM SUCH A CEREMONY.. AND BEING SYMBOLICALLY MARRIED TO GOD . ITS HERESY.
READ ABOUT THE STRICTNESS AND BEATINGS OF CHILDREN BY NUNS.IN ORPHANAGES ETC ETC .Read books and documenatations abouts Nuns. Such as The Black Monastery.
LOOK AT THE WOMEN WHO ERRED AND BECAME LEADERS.. ONE IS SAID TO BE MARY MAGDALENE LUKE 8.12 was cured of evil spirits then preached and was the first person to see CHRIST AT HIS RESURRECTION .. Dont Condemn Paris,
We all have erred and fall short of the Glory of God
zena
zena ezechiels Jan 18th 2008 1:07AM
Catholic , my friends a Greek word KATHOLIKOS. WHICH MEANS UNIVERSAL .. THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH.. FOR ALL
THE
NOT JUST THE RCS? WHO HIJACKED THE WORD.AND THE TRY TO HIJACK THE TRUE KATHOLIKOS FAITH BY THE WAY
ANTI .. IS GREEK TOO.. AS WELL AS PRO ANOTHER GREEK WORD AS WELL AS MANY OTHERS.. SO WHEN YOU SPEAK OF CATHOLIC? GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT.
I AGREE .. RE PARIS THE HEIRESS A PARIS IS YOUNG AND CAN GO AND DO A LOT OF GOOD, WHAT DID CHRIST SAY TO THE WOMAN TAKEN IN ADULTERY GO AND SIN NO MORE.. PARIS LIKE US ALL CAN CHANGE HER LIFE AND DO GOOD.. IN FACT I HAVE HEARD PARIS SAY SHE IS PLANNING TO MEND HER WAYS AND "HELP PEOPLE " NOW.. GIVE HER A CHANCE.
WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THE "NUNS" WILL DO ANY BETTER IN
I PERSONALLY DON'T THINK SO BASED ON THEIR MANY RECORDS AND THEIR BEHAVIOURS.
t Roman Catholic Nuns, wear wedding rings to represent their "marriage to God". THiS IS RIDICULOUS .. NOWHERE IN THE OLD OR NEW TESTAMENT DOES IT MENTION TO DO THIS.. CAN U SHOW ME? SOME MORE OF RC NONSENSE
IF YOU LIKE GO RENT "THE NUNS STORY" AND YOU CAN SEE THIS CEROMONY IN THE MOVIE. AN YOU CAN READ THE MANY BOOK CONCERNING THIS COMMITMENT AND POSITION
HOW RIDICULOUS HOW CAN ANYONE EVEN FATHOM SUCH A CEREMONY.. AND BEING SYMBOLICALLY MARRIED TO GOD . ITS HERESY.
READ ABOUT THE STRICTNESS AND BEATINGS OF CHILDREN BY NUNS.IN ORPHANAGES ETC ETC .Read books and documenatations abouts Nuns. Such as The Black Monastery.
LOOK AT THE WOMEN WHO ERRED AND BECAME LEADERS.. ONE IS SAID TO BE MARY MAGDALENE LUKE 8.12 was cured of evil spirits then preached and was the first person to see CHRIST AT HIS RESURRECTION .. Dont Condemn Paris,
We all have erred and fall short of the Glory of God
zena