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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 papal 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 Rampolla, 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 carria ges 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 coo, and
the total amount which passed through
| Cardinal Mocennis HANDS was not far
from $4,000 600. The greatest part of this
enormous income is Peters pence" In
ordinary years this amounts to about
! 100000, 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 .............. SITE O0n
Income from sums invested in Sc
cur1t1eS, etc l, POO eco
Special donations and gifts........ 5CO00O
| Peters pence ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2,5G0 900
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 81, 315, 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 Goa
| Vatican guards and gendarmes.. 79,50G
! Army officers Observation-Disclosures. 10000
| Papal servants Observation-Disclosures. 1850
| Prelates in attendants. ............ $4,000
Library, museums, galleries, etc. 5000
penses Observation-Disclosures. -, 77.OoC
Expenses of secretary of state.... zoos
! Personal expenses of the pope. $500
! Repairs at st. Peters, Rome. 15.091
! Charities .................. 125, 00C
/ Contingent expenditures and loss
es Observation-Disclosures. $4,000
,,nn.