{"id":82231,"date":"2023-03-01T12:20:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T17:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/pope-francis-cuts-free-and-discounted-rent-for-cardinals-vatican-managers\/"},"modified":"2023-03-01T12:20:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T17:20:00","slug":"pope-francis-cuts-free-and-discounted-rent-for-cardinals-vatican-managers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/pope-francis-cuts-free-and-discounted-rent-for-cardinals-vatican-managers\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis cuts free and discounted rent for cardinals, Vatican managers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The rescript, which was posted in the Vatican following a Feb. 13 meeting with Pope Francis, says housing perks for high-level Vatican officials are being cut to meet the growing needs of the Church in an economic context \u201cof particular gravity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ledo\u2019s note asks \u201ceveryone to make an extraordinary sacrifice to allocate more resources to the mission of the Holy See, also by increasing revenue from the management of the real estate patrimony.\u201d<\/p>\n

The decision comes two years after Pope Francis announced he was cutting cardinals\u2019 salaries by 10% in March 2021.<\/p>\n

The pay of other high-ranking officials and employees of the Holy See and Vatican City State was reduced by 8%, and some clergy and religious employed by the Vatican had their salaries lowered by 3%.<\/p>\n

Automatic raises for some Vatican officials and employees were also suspended for a period of two years. That measure is due to expire March 31.<\/p>\n

According to the new housing decision, rental agreements already in course will be allowed to continue until their expiry.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n