{"id":160131,"date":"2026-09-14T10:22:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T14:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/leo-xiv-eliminates-salary-cuts-for-cardinals-and-senior-vatican-officials\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T10:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T14:22:13","slug":"leo-xiv-eliminates-salary-cuts-for-cardinals-and-senior-vatican-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/national\/leo-xiv-eliminates-salary-cuts-for-cardinals-and-senior-vatican-officials\/","title":{"rendered":"Leo XIV eliminates salary cuts for cardinals and senior Vatican officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Vatican ends pandemic-era salary cuts<\/h2>\n\n<p>In a recent official provision, Pope Leo XIV has made official the end of the salary cuts that had affected the cardinals of the Curia and high-ranking Vatican officials since 2021. This measure, which was originally implemented by Pope Francis as an emergency response to the economic crisis derived from the COVID-19 pandemic, has been declared overcome following an improvement in the financial stability of the Holy See.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Details of the economic measure<\/h3>\n\n<p>The document issued via motu proprio establishes that salary restraint is no longer necessary. In 2021, the adjustment scheme included the following reductions:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>10% reduction in salaries for cardinals exercising governmental functions.<\/li><li>8% decrease for heads and secretaries of dicasteries.<\/li><li>3% cut for religious staff and clergy, a measure that had already been lifted in June 2025.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p>Likewise, a temporary freeze on seniority-based salary increases for senior-level employees was maintained between 2021 and 2023. In this regard, the new decree clarifies that the amounts deducted during this period of austerity will not be reimbursed or recognized as arrears, maintaining firmness in the financial management of the period.<\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Pope Leo XIV expressed his confidence that the institutions of the Holy See and the Vatican City State will maintain their constant commitment to ensuring long-term economic sustainability.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vatican financial recovery<\/h3>\n\n<p>The decision to reverse these cuts comes after a notable improvement in Vatican finances was made known. According to the reports for the year 2024, the Holy See recorded a surplus of 1.6 million euros, a significant change compared to the 51.2 million euro deficit reported in 2023. This progress has been driven mainly by an increase in donations and more efficient financial management.<\/p>\n\n<p>Although the structural deficit was reduced by almost half\u2014going from 83.5 million to 44.4 million euros\u2014the Vatican&#8217;s Secretariat for the Economy remains cautious, stressing that achieving full financial sustainability remains a long-term goal that requires a continuous and responsible strategy.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vatican ends pandemic-era salary cuts In a recent official provision, Pope Leo XIV has made official the end of the salary cuts that had affected the cardinals of the Curia and high-ranking Vatican officials since 2021. This measure, which was originally implemented by Pope Francis as an emergency response to the economic crisis derived [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":160132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12809],"tags":[293,10129,1382,952],"class_list":{"0":"post-160131","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-cardinals","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-salaries","11":"tag-vatican"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}