The age-herald., 1901-03-17
The Income of Pope Leo XIII

Rome, March Is, 1901.-If a number of people were asked to name the five men in the world who had the largest five incomes, not one in dozen would in- clude in the list Leo XIII, Pope of Rome, and yet there Is probably no man in the world whose income last year amounted to so large a sum as did the Popes, It is true that no statement of his re- ceipts is given out at the Vatican, but 1t is very easy to estimate from certain known facts and gain a fairly accurate idea of the Pontificial budget during the Holy year. Beside the Pope himself, probably not more than two men know the exact amount of the papal income One of these is Cardinal Rampolla, 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 papal treasury, and all though he has no absolute authority as to the disposition of the money, the Pope himself, with the advice of the Secretary of Stete, making all final decisions re- garding 1t, 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 Popes 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 of the Vatican, immediately over those oc- cupied by Cardinal Rampolla, which in turn are directly over the rooms occu- pied by the Pope. It is not easy for 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- yator erected in the court of St. Damaso and by its means he reaches his rooms with minimum of effort. It is the first elevator ever erected in the Vatican and is used only by the Pope and the Cardi- nais. It is so placed that carriages can drive direct to It's 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 enormous, but in 1900, Holy Year, the Papai receipts were increased fully $1,- 300, ,0O0 and the total amount which pass ed through Cardinal Mocennis hands was not far from four and half millions of dollars The greater part of this enor- nous income is Peters Pence" In or dinary years this amounts to about $1,- oOo.ooo but the greatly increased interest in the church in Holy Year was responsi- ble for a great increase in the total amount of offerings to this fund. Ap- proximately stated, the Pope's income last year was as follows: . ..+ Income from real estate in Italy
 and abroad...... ........ N.........$ lo,OOO Income from sums invested in se-
 curities, etc...... ....... .......... 1,2OO,0U Special donations and gifts.... ... 500,000 Peter's Pence.,.- ........ .-.... 25Oo,ooo Total ........ .A, ,875, GOO His Expense Account.
 The expense account of the Holy Fa- ther does not nearly approach this sum- It consists principally of salaries of Car dinals, Envoys, attendants and house.
 
 lows:
 Salaries of Cardinals and En-
 voye...... ..-........' ..'.$ oVo,VVO Vatican guards and gendarmes.. 75.5O0 Army officers. .. ...... 10000 panaI servants . ...,. 14,500 Prelates in attendance. ..t. 2S.OOO Library, museum, galleries, etc.. bO,0OO
 penses ........ ........ 7,ooo Expenses of Secretary of State... 60,00o | Personal expenses of the Pope. 2,5oo | Repairs at St. Peter's. Rome...... 1b0.O00 l cha rities ..,.. ..... 125,0O0
 losses. ........... ...... 23,ooo It will be seen from the above state ment that handsome balance remains | in the Papal treasury as the result of | the income of the Holy Year. It will be l seen- that the Income of the Pope comes | from three ifsrsnt sources:
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