The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-01-17
THE poPEs TREASURY.
Decreasing Rsvenues Render Rigid
Economy Necessary.
an.usf TnceEe and ErPenses % the fAri-
ean-Fsst sans Of NOnsy coofrio-
uted l,y DfGerent Ssti0ns -
the Psp4I Jubtiee.

since The hezTy losses made by the
M Z Tear o. more ago the finances
ofthe -aficzn have been superintenocd
Nth great care Il is known says a
Ps-ss pzper. that q COMMITTEES OF pre-
ls-es and several cardinals exists al
Rome. whose duty i IS 70 regulate ti.e
ne q the Suns q money which hoN
,nto The treasury Of the vatican Insse
SIMS come principally from two
sources The revenues Of the PropeTsF
rossessed BIZ the pope. and the gifts q
tbe fzfthfrl. known as Peters pence
The property Of the vatican Is OF van
oss kinds. but the greater part Of Il
consists Of money o. bonds. placed ID
Euviznd and France under control o.
lie Paris house q ROthschlid- Peter
r.e.ee i an annual uerenue which Is
fs- from being fzed Ia good years
+hs total Of the sum received from al
covut-ie-s of the world reaches s-os1, 600
f-aucs Sometimes Il Is zs low IS
Z. co 90 and eren 5.0o0-010. This has
F-en tbe case for the last I've years
This dfmiuutiol 5 due IL great Iar''
% the discOrd between the royalists
and the French Catholics produced by
the republican policy Of tie pope
France alone furnished two-thI-1s and
often three-quartsrs of Peters pence
And in France Il IS the royalists svho
prove themselves lnots generous but
s-ace the adhesion q Leo Kill 3 the
reuublfe many Of them. more royalisi
than Catholic. have closed their purses
u the pope. However, despite all this,
French bishops still forward the larg-
80 Sums % his holiness Thus the
bishop Of Nsntc, sent a few days ago
loo.000 francs from his hcclz as their
gift 70 the vatican treasurT-
Etalv contributes only a small part
Of lie revenue-a hundred Thousand
francs : year. The Romans show
themselves IN this regard less generous
than other Italians On the other
hand. the Anglo-Sax0n countries
England. Ireland. Australia and the
United States-begin 70 send imPor-
tant sans. Il Cstholicism continues
n crow IN these countries K = easy 20
sse that IN time the vatican VIII draw
considerable SUNS from rhezn- Again.
there are the royai courts such as that
of ) srstria. which send euEually rieh
presents % the pope This as even
true of princes OF sucie-- italian
families Francis IT, ez-Al1g Of NJ
uses. and Mars There's, formerly
Grand dul.1ess # Tuscany never Ia
- send their offerings, which c11sis;
of several Thousands q francs Comte
&c Chamboud was accustomed - give
annually 5000 francs; the Co1nt q
Paris sends the same sun Ihe ez-
uenees Of the vatican amount anna iy
10 more than s.00e.000 francs They
are regulated as follows; For the per
soual wants Of the pope, $4,000 francs
Tor the cardinals, 200. 600; for poor do
ceses. 10000. administration OF the
vatican. !, 500. coo; secretary OF state
I.090.0 employees and sblegates- l.
10. .O15. sll7 port Of schools and poor
00.O00. The cardinals AZ Rome live
- the expense Of the pope The in
cone Of each from this sou1ce Is -
least =, 600 francs The secretary O.
state Is charged with uphoiding rela-
AaIHlAn - AAAA ~ ----------
mediation OF nuncios. The four nosf
inportant-Paris. Vienna. Madrid and
fis5on-each receive an allowance O
5000 francs q year- The last jubilee
Of Pope Leo Kill brought 70 The
vatican s.ooo.0c0 francs ~ the first
celebrated I've vears ago, 10000
1rs-cs were received n the course o.
wears she pope has introduced 4 MN
f,-r 90 economies IN tie different
branches q the vatican service and
for that reason he has been called
laizerl-- This accusation Is not merit
Cd tie economies became EeoesssTy II
state whose expenses are c0lsice7-
able 1ni whose revenues continue &C.
diminish Leo XII has many reasons
70 follow the example ot his Ilust-i0us
n-e6eees-or- S5z-us- IS IL j. ciEiculf u
Tie present time 70 count O. the ge2-
erositT Of the saith-zL