New Britain herald., 1929-06-28
'PlY G CARDINALS
 ID RECEIVE BOOST:
Plilc6 Of Carh Look PorIald b Ql,drlplins Of Sdptnds

Vatican City. June es R = The Cardinals of Curia, those 20 or more princes of the Catholic church residing permanently in Rome, are sooA to have their modest stipends of about tl,oO0 a year raised to approximately &4.000.
 In tho process of recognizing the papai court and the vatican services generally. it came to light that those wearers of the red hat obliged by their duties to reside .n tho Eternal City, were being paid less than some of the most modest lay functionaries. Moreover. vatican tradition required that they em- ploy at least one secretary and one servant, and it was desired that each should have his horse drawn carriage. On a meagre thousand n year. such a style of living could hardly be expected: yet, by dint of tho most rigid economy, some of tho curia cardinals have actually been able to keep up with it.
 To be sure. . goodly number of those prelates have had ecclesiasti- cal perquisites of various sorts. or private means which enabled them to maintain their rank without un- due counting of pennies. Btu even for them, the cost of living in goth century Rome, above all after the forced mobilization of the Italian lirA It 1s to the dollar. presented serious obstacles. But those who had to content themselves with the mere t1,000 might we'll have envied tho lot of many parish priests in tho United States.
 Tho expense of accepting a call to the purple" with implied resi- dence in Rome, has deterred many an ecclesiastical diplomat. assigned n papal nuncio abroad, from re- turning to the mother city of Chris tendon and receiving the highest reward within the pope's gift. The tradition has 1t that when a papal envoy has reached the summit of hts career he shall be admitted to tho Sacred College. and leave his diplomatic functions to a younger man. But the difference between the S1S.000 a year, reputed to be tho sa1ary and expense allowance of . nunico in a major post, such as Madrid. Paris or Berlin, has caueed several envoys to use all their diplomatic skill to forestall the descent of the papal pleasure upon them before they had saved enough to provide for their old days.
 There are always wealthy Catho- ltc laymen, of all nationalities. ready to make up any deficit in a newly created cardinals budget: but that very alacrity makes those princes of the church averse to &C., cspting such aid. Sometimes the problem has been solved by a rich nobleman's requesting the new cardinal to oficiate at the wedding Of | son or daughter. The fee dis crsetly slipped into the hands of the 4ecretary has often enabled the d0te to- continue his duties in RoE&e with comparative comfort, wit4eut offending his susceptibili- ties.-.
 Rope Plus X1. born in extremely ModAst circumstances, having lived Tor years on the meager emolu- menfs of an ecclesiastical librarian, and having held only two fairly re- Munerative posts, those of nuncio W Poland and archbishop of Milan -And those for only short periods -s determined that his present or future collaborators shall not suf :. 1sr. want because of being sum- moacd to serve close to his throne.