Italian priest offers $2,000 to families with three or more children

ROME (RNS) — A Tuscany priest is offering a baby bonus of more than $2,000 to Italian Catholic families who have three or more children. But there are strings attached. The gift to parishioners in Staggia, a village close to Siena, was announced online as an "extraordinary contribution" by the Rev. Stefano Bimbi, the local Catholic priest.

ROME (RNS) — A Tuscany priest is offering a baby bonus of more than $2,000 to Italian Catholic families who have three or more children. But there are strings attached. The gift to parishioners in Staggia, a village close to Siena, was announced online as an "extraordinary contribution" by the Rev. Stefano Bimbi, the local Catholic priest.…