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Vatican finances

Vatican employees’ association meets financial report ‘with skepticism’

“Will the pay scales that were frozen in 2008 finally be updated?”

Edgar Beltrán
Dec 02, 2025
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The Vatican association of lay employees criticized the Holy See’s recently released financial report, saying in a Dec. 1 statement that many Vatican employees “received the news with skepticism.”

St. Peter’s Square. Credit: Alamy.

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The recent budget report seemed to demonstrate a turning point in the Vatican’s finances, as it shows a €1.6 million surplus …

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