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know the exact amount of the papal in
come One of these is Cardinal RAM
polla, the papal secretary of state, and
the other Cardinal Mocenni, the man who
has the actual handling of the money.
Cardinal Mocenni might with propriety
be. called the financial minister of the
church, for he it is who has charge of
the investment of the large sums which
come to the papaI treasury, and, al
though he has no absolute authority as to
the disposition Of the money, the pope
himself, with the advice of his secretary
of state, making all final decisions re-
garding it, all the funds pass through his
hands, and he enjoys the rare distinction
of living in the Vatican in order that he
may exercise direct supervision over the
pope's financial affairs.
While not so old a man as the holy
father, Cardinal Mocenni is advanced in
years and is physically somewhat feeble
His apartments are on the top floor CT
the Vatican, Immediately over those oc-
cupied by Cardinal RampolIa, which, in
turn, are. directly over the rooms occu-
pied by the pope. 1t is not easy for a
man approaching eighty years of age to
climb up stairs, so when he took possess
sion of his apartments In the Vatican
Cardinal Mocenni had an American ele-
vator erected in the court of st. Damaso,
and by its means he reaches his rooms
with a minimum effort. 1t is the first
elevator ever erected in the Vatican and
is used only by the pope and the cardf-
nails. 1t is so placed that carriages can
drive direct to its entrance.
Cardinal Mocenni is one of the most
popular cardinals in the Curia. He has
| lived in Rome for many years, and is in
great favor with the populace Of the city.
The amount of money which he handles
for the pope in ordinary years is enor-
nous, but in 1900, holy year, the papal re-
| ceiptS were increased fully 81 500, GOO and
! the total amount which passed through
| Cardinal Mocenni's hands was not Tar
! from $500 900. The greatest part of this
/ enormous income is Peters pence" In
! ordinary years this amounts to about
! 81 200, Co., but the greatly increased inter.
est in the church in holy year was re-
| sponsible for a great increase in the total
! amount of offerings to this fund. APP
! proXimately stated the pope's income
| last year was as follows:
| Income from real estate in Italy
! and abroad ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $175, 00C
! Income from sums invested in Sc
s1ec fteIes oTe tios 49,, oft: g0 0GG
refers pence Observation-Disclosures. 2,5C0, OOI
! Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. -$4,375 9Ct
The expense account of the holy father
does not nearly reach this sum. It con-
sists principally of salaries of cardinals
ENJOYS, attendants and household ex-
penses, divided somewhat as follows:
Salaries of cardinals and ENJOYS. $500 coz
! Vatican guards and gendarmes.. 1856
! Army officers Observation-Disclosures. 10 O0C
| Papal servants Observation-Disclosures. 1450C
| Prelates in attendants. 2S,GOC
Library, museums, galleries, etc. 5000
! Household, garden and stable eX-
penses ...................... 77.OoC
Expenses of secretary of state.... 60,0Gt
! Personal expenses of the pope. 2,50[
! Repairs at st. Peters, Rome. 15.09t
Charities ......................-..... 125, 00(
es ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. $4,000
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 81 O9y. OOt
It will be seen from the above state
| ment that a handsome balance remains
| in the papal treasury as a result Of the
income of the holy year. 1t will be seen
that the income of the pope comes from
three different sources:
1. Peters pence which consists OF
the contributions sent by the faithful in
all parts of the world This great source
of revenue was devised by the late Car
dinal Manning, of London, after the pope
lost the revenues which came to him
when he enjoyed temporal power. Now
a special collection is taken in every
Catholic church annually for this pur-
pose, the amounts being brought to Rome
by each bishop at the time of his visit
ad linlina. Millions are thus collected
every year but, as has been said, the
amount this past year was greater than
III any previous year of Leo Kills reign
.. All donations and gifts presented to
the pope for personal use by the people
from all quarters of the globe to whom
he grants private audience. The income
from this source is generally considered
the private property of the pope, ans il
greatly increases on the occasion OF
jubilees and special anniversaries
8. Interest accruing from previous in
= vestments. This is a large item, and is
principally the result of wise invest
ments during the reign of the present
pope. His immediate predecessor, Plus
IN, accumulated during the last few
years of his xegn about IS, 900 600
which he had invested in securities to
provide for need that might arise in the
reign of some one or more of his sue
cessors. The loss of the temporal power
in 1870, with tie consequent di1linutiop
of the revenues of the holy see the I'M
certainty OF the amount Of Peters D me
and the enormous expenses of the Vati-
can council, during which he had to pro-
vide board and travelling expenses for
nearly every bishop in the world. led
Flus TX. to create this contingent fund