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Pope Leo Revokes the Cuts of Bergoglio and Raises the Salaries of the Cardinals

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Leo restores salaries to pre-Covid levels: now that the emergency is over, Prevost believes that the austerity measures linked to that period – introduced by Francis – can now also be lifted. By means of a Motu proprio, Leone XIV has abolished the regulations established by Bergoglio in March 2021, which cut the salaries of Holy See staff – starting with cardinals and heads of departments of the Roman Curia – and froze biennial seniority increments. This measure was dictated at the time by the consequences of the pandemic, which had exacerbated “the deficit that has characterised the Holy See’s financial management for several years, adversely affecting all sources of revenue for the Holy See and the Vatican City State”, as stated in the Motu proprio *A Sustainable Future*.

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By decision of Pope Leo, the 10% reduction in the salaries of cardinals is abolished from today. In this way, on the day of his seventy-first birthday, the pontiff decided to restore salaries to the levels they were at before the coronavirus pandemic. The relevant 10% cut had been decided by the late Pope Francis in March 2021, to address the financial problems that had arisen in the coffers of the Holy See, due to the pandemic. As highlighted b…

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Prevost "removes the measures taken to limit Bergoglio's salaries from 2021.

·Munich, Germany
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On the day of his 71st birthday, León XIV repealed the measures introduced by his predecessor during the pandemic, which had reduced the salary of the Vatican high-ranking officials to ten percent. The arrears and seniority supplements lost in 2021 will not be reintegratedThe Vatican: a labour microworld without unemployment or wage negotiations, and with salaries from 0 to 325,000 euros In 2021, in the middle of the pandemic, Pope Francis annou…

·Madrid, Spain
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(Rome=Yonhap News) Correspondent Min Kyung-rak = The Vatican announced on the 14th (local time) that it is reversing the measures to cut clergy salaries that have been in effect since the COVID-19 pandemic.

·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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Leo XIV cancels the cuts that Francis had imposed in 2021. Here are the numbers, between the cardinal's plate and old age shots

·Turin, Italy
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Terra broke the news on Monday, September 14, 2026.
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