The Secret Finances of the Vatican Economy

The Vatican faces economic and financial difficulties, but it has slowed the growth of its deficit, with the long-term goal of reaching zero-deficit spending. Although recent popes, including ... Read More

Fraught finances of the Vatican's Holy See

The specifics of the church's finances have always been shrouded in secrecy, even from the pope himself, and tradition is difficult to change, especially within the church hierarchy. Read More

How the pope gets paid and a look into the Vatican's finances

The Vatican, referred to as "the world's smallest country," is sustained by "an economy that relies on ... The Vatican's financial situation has been in peril for years, with its annual operating ... Read More

Vatican, Caritas: Global economic reforms needed to alleviate poor nations’ debt crisis

The Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and Caritas Internationalis joined forces this week to address the impact of an “unjust global system.” ... Read More

The Vatican Financial Mess Pope Francis Couldn’t Fix

Prelates tried to hide funds from scrutiny, citing national security concerns for the secret ledgers ... a new secretariat for the economy to run the Vatican’s finances. The group, made up ... Read More

The Vatican’s messy finances: Will Pope Leo XIV be able to clean up?

The deficit in the fund was estimated at 631 million euros ($717m) by the Vatican’s Secretariat for the Economy ... news agency at the time. Francis was able to establish some momentum for ... Read More

Pope Francis Reformed Vatican Finances—But Left Big Problems Behind

The next Pope will inherit not only Pope Francis’s bold and controversial legacy of institutional reform, but also the formidable challenge of fixing the Vatican’s fragile finances. Read More

The Vatican Financial Mess Pope Francis Couldn’t Fix

The ailing pope was short of breath, sitting beneath a cherished painting of Mary, Untier of Knots, as he worked through a last-ditch plan to disentangle the finances of one of the world’s most ... Read More