The corona pandemic and the global economic unrest have now also led to an austerity course in the Vatican. Pope Francis has now ordered that cardinals and senior Curia officials will no longer be able to rent and use the Holy See’s real estate for free or at particularly low prices in the future.
The resolution is particularly addressed to cardinals, heads of dicasteries, secretaries and administrators. Until now, clergy in high positions have been allowed to live cheaply or even for free in Vatican-owned apartments within the walls of the Papal States or beyond in Rome. From now on, the same prices must be charged as for persons without office in the Holy See.
The measure is a response to the increasingly difficult economic situation in the Vatican. Everyone would have to make an “extraordinary sacrifice to get more money for the mission of the Holy See,” the official news portal “Vatican News” quoted from the decision. They want to increase income through higher rents of their own real estate. However, current leases kept their current terms until their term expired.
Salary cuts are also part of the savings plan
Nearly two years ago, the Pope introduced austerity measures at the Holy See. Due to enormous financial problems at the time, including the corona pandemic, Francis had cut the salaries of senior clergy. Even then, it was mainly church people such as cardinals, heads of the curia, secretaries of the dicasteries, but also priests and religious who were affected.
Source: Krone
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