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EXPENSES AT THE VATICAN

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Feb 26, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 17.

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EXPENSES AT THE VATICAN.

"The pope is allowed for his personal wants about $100,000 annually. A regular allowance is also made for the other dignitaries of the Vatican. The cardinals receive $140,000. Other expenses are: For poor dioceses, $80,000; Secretary of State, $200,000; employes and ablegates, $300,000; support of schools and the poor, $240,000; administration of the Vatican, $360,000. The total expenditures for all purposes amount yearly to more than $1,400,000. The income is received from many sources. Strange to say, Italy contributes the smallest part of the revenue. The United States sends among the largest amounts of money. The pope receives from time to time rich presents from the crowned heads. The last jubilee of Pope Leo XIII. brought to the Vatican $600,000."