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[quote=Anonymous]Every church I've been to has a TON of financial transparency.  Every year they do a state of the church where they explain the financial needs and budget.  It's all reviewed and approved by a parish council.  Most churchs also publish their weekly collections information and attendance in the bulletin.  If you go to church on a regular basis, or read the bulletin, I'm very surprised you haven't noticed this.  
If your parish is above average wealthy, they likely receive nothing from the diocese.  The diocese taxes the church based on income, and then uses that money to support diocesan projects such as Catholic school scholarship, training and education of priests (the two biggest cost items), Catholic charities, etc.  
FWIW, a parish's biggest line items are usually the mortgage, utilities, property maintenance like snow removal and tree trimming, and capital improvement projects (saving for the roof replacement, new piano, etc); followed by board for the priests (room is usually included in the mortgage, etc.); then followed by parish projects like religious education, guest speakers, donut day, etc. (Those are usually low cost because there's a lot of volunteerism and donations that go into them.)
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