Pope Francis decided to reduce salaries by Cardinal and employees of the institutions of the Holy See. This is stated in a special issue of PTICI, reports TASS.
So, the money remuneration of cardinals is cut by 10 percent, the remaining categories of salary workers will reduce from three to eight percent. Also temporarily freezed the increase in wages, even if such an item was registered in the employment contract.
It is argued that the order was a consequence of a difficult financial situation due to the coronavirus epidemic. The treasury of the state lost its main source of income – sales of tickets to Vatican museums. According to the evaluation, the Vatican did not care about 200 million euros.
Cardinal salary is 5.5 thousand euros (about 500 thousand rubles).