Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-05-19
Leo's INCOME :AMo EXPENSES.
Watchful ECONOMY Necessary because OF
the Continual Decrease In Revenues.

Leo'S INCOME :AND EXPENSES.
Watchful Economy Necessary because OF
the Continual Decrease In Revenues.
Since the heavy losses made BY the
Pope q year or more ago the finances
Of the vatican have been superin.
tended with great care. 1t IL known,
says q Paris paper, that q committee
Of prelates and several cardinals ex.
lists at Rome, whose duty II Is to reg.
ulate the use OF the sums Of money
which flow into the treasury of the
vatican. These sums come prlnci.
pally from two sources: The revenues
Of the property possessed by the Pope,
aud the gifts Of the faithful, known
% Peters pense. The property Of
the vatican Is Of various kinds but
the greater part Of It consists Of
money or bonds, placed 10 England
and France, under the control Of the
Paris house Of Rothschild. Peters
pence 10 an anual revenue which IL
far from being fixed. In good years
the total of the sum received from all
countries of the world reaches 5000.
900 francs. Sometimes IL Is az low
40 5000, 600. and even 5000, 900.
This has been the case for the last
five years This diminutlon IL due,
in great part, to the dlscord between
the Royalists and the French Catho.
lies, produced by the republican pol.
icy of the Pope France alone fur.
nished two.thirds and often three.
quarters OF Peters pence And in
France II Is the Royalists who prove
themselves most generous. But
since the adhesion Of Leo MIL. ia
the republic many OF them, more
Royalists than Catholic, have closed
their purses to the Pope, However,
despite oil this, French bishops still
forward the largest sums to his holi.
ness. Thus, the bishop Of Mantle,
sent q few days ago 100, 900 francs
from his flock as their gift to the
vitican treasury.
Italy contributes only Q small part
Of the revenue-l0O,O 900 francs q year.
The Romans show themselves In this
regard less generous than other ltal.
ians. On the other hand, the Anglo.
Saxon countries-Eugland, Ireland,
Australia, and the United States
begin to send Important sums II
Catholicism continues to grow In
these countries, IL Is easy to see that
in time tho at'can will draw cOnsid.
cradle sums from them. Again,
there are the royal courts, such as
that OF Austria, which send annually
rich presents to the Pope THIS II
even true OF the princes OF old Ital
ian families. Francis II, ex.King oil
Naples and Maria Theresa, formerly
Grand duchess OfTuscany, never fai
to send their offerings, which consist
Uf several thousands Ut francs; Tho
Comte de ChambOrd was accustomed
to give annually $4,000 francs; thu
Count OF Paris sends the same sum
The expenses OF the vatican amount
annually to more than :, 900, 900. The!
are regulated as follows: For thu
personal wants Of the Pope, 500, 100
for the cardinals, 7OO,OOU; for poo
dioceses. 400, 900; administration .
the vatican, 1900, 900; secretary o
state. 1000, 900; employees and able
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and poor, 1000, 900. The cardinal
at Rome live at the expense of tn
Pope. The income OF each from thi
source Is at least 1000 francs. Tn
secretary Of state 10 charged with up
holding relations with foreign gov
ernments by the mediation Of nun
ciOA The four most important
Paris, Vienna, Madrid, and Lisbon
each receive an allowance OF 5000
francs o year. The last jubilee o
Pope Leo KILL BROUGHT the vatican
5000, 900 francs At the first, cele
brated i've years ago, $4,000, 90
Traces were received. In the cours
OF years the Pope ras introduced
number Of economies 10 the diferen
branches OF the vatican service, an,
for that reason no has been Gale,
misery. Tho accusation Is not mel
tied; the economies became necessar
In q state whose expenses are consid
cradle. and whose revenues continu
to diminish. Leo XlIl. has man
reasons to follow the example Of hI
illustrious predecessor, Sixtus, as
10 difficult at the present time (
count on the generosity Of the fsitt
full