Vatican accommodation - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 05 Mar 2023 21:15:14 +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 Vatican accommodation - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Pope Francis cuts free and discounted rent for cardinals, Vatican managers https://cathnews.co.nz/2023/03/06/pope-francis-cuts-free-and-discounted-rent-for-cardinals-vatican-managers/ Mon, 06 Mar 2023 04:55:04 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=156231 Pope Francis has cut housing perks for Vatican managers and cardinals in order to save the Church money. Reuters and Vatican News reported March 1 that cardinals and other high-level positions at the Vatican will no longer be able to live in Vatican-connected apartments for free or at special prices. The Vatican owns an extensive Read more

Pope Francis cuts free and discounted rent for cardinals, Vatican managers... Read more]]> Pope Francis has cut housing perks for Vatican managers and cardinals in order to save the Church money.

Reuters and Vatican News reported March 1 that cardinals and other high-level positions at the Vatican will no longer be able to live in Vatican-connected apartments for free or at special prices.

The Vatican owns an extensive amount of real estate both in and outside Vatican walls. Apartments are principally managed by APSA (the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See).

The pope's decision to drop housing benefits for upper management was communicated in a note from the Vatican's new prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy, Maximino Caballero Ledo. The note, called a "rescriptum ex audientia," was posted in the San Damaso Courtyard inside Vatican City, according to Reuters.

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