Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1896 — The Pope’s Salary. [ARTICLE]

The Pope’s Salary.

The Pope has no salary; his principal, source of income is the Peter’s'Pence, a collection taken up each year in every Roman Catholic Church. The amount received varies, but the Pope’s income is as a rule In the neighborhood of sl,500,000. Of this he retains about $106,000; the rest goes' to jhe cardinals, poor bishoprics, the administration of the church, diplomatic expenses) schools and the maintenance of the Vatican and Its dependencies. y