Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1898 — Wealth of the Pope. [ARTICLE]

Wealth of the Pope.

The pope is one of the wealthiest men in the world. In his home, the Vatican, a palace which contains 7,000 rooms, the worth of gold objects stored is estimated at £4,000,000 by weight alone, and each piece has been increased in value a quarter or a third by the skillful artisans through whose hands it has passed. These treasures are practically the personal estate of the pope.