papal bonus - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 22 Apr 2013 05:25:08 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg papal bonus - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 No papal bonus for Vatican employees https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/04/23/no-papal-bonus-for-vatican-employees/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:02:49 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=43144 In a break with tradition, Pope Francis has decided not to issue the special bonus that Vatican employees normally receive when a new Pope is elected. Instead, the Pope who has said he wants a "poor Church, for the poor" has decided that extra money will be given to charity. In 2005, some 4000 Vatican Read more

No papal bonus for Vatican employees... Read more]]> In a break with tradition, Pope Francis has decided not to issue the special bonus that Vatican employees normally receive when a new Pope is elected.

Instead, the Pope who has said he wants a "poor Church, for the poor" has decided that extra money will be given to charity.

In 2005, some 4000 Vatican employees received a 1000-euro bonus ($NZ1548) on the death of Pope John Paul II, and another 500 euros ($NZ774) on the election of his successor, Benedict XVI.

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