Pope orders salary cuts for cardinals,
clerics, to save jobs of ordinary employees
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[March 24, 2021]
VATICAN
CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has ordered cardinals to take a 10 percent
pay cut and reduced the salaries of other clerics working in the Vatican
in order to save jobs of ordinary employees as the coronavirus pandemic
has hit the Holy See's income. |

Pope Francis gives a blessing as he leaves after his visit to the Roman
parish of the Santissimo Sacramento on the outskirts of Rome, Italy, May
6, 2018. REUTERS/Remo Casilli |