The Pillar

Home
About
News
Pillar Posts
Analysis
Interviews
Explainers
On Leo's Desk
Data
Pillar Columns
Starting Seven
The Pillar Podcast
Sunday School
Look Closer
The Pillar TL;DR
News
—
Vatican finances

Vatican pension deficit estimated at 1.4 billion euros — 10 years ago

Vatican officials warned the fund would be 'unmanagable' in a decade, ten years before Pope Francis warned of 'difficult decisions' to come.

The Pillar
Apr 07, 2025
∙ Paid

Signage outside the Holy See’s Secretariat for the Economy. Pillar image.

The Holy See pension fund had an unfunded liability of almost 1.5 billion euros a decade ago, according to internal Vatican financial reports obtained by The Pillar.

The same documents show that Vatican financial authorities proposed measures to address the pension problem in 2015, …

This post is for paid subscribers

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2025 The Pillar · Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start your SubstackGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture