Lay staff Vatican categorical concern after latest cuts to the so-calleddish” cardinal.
«The information of the discount within the cardinals’ salaries – we learn on the web site of the Association of Lay Employees of the Vatican – had nice resonance within the media. In follow, the Spe has made it recognized that the disbursement of the Secretariat Bonus and the Office Allowance hitherto acknowledged among the many month-to-month emoluments is suspended”.
There are various issues. «The first – continues the text -: it is correct to intervene on the salary of the Cardinals who, despite representing the top of the ecclesiastical hierarchy, receive a remuneration proportionate to their representative role and the responsibilities that it implies (certainly lower than the emoluments of other managers)? Furthermore, in consideration of the negligible gain that will arise from this provision, as the number of Cardinals of the Curia is limited to around thirty units, what is the true rationale behind this decision? We find it hard to believe that they want to pay off the debts of the Holy See with a few pennies (around 500 euros per cardinal with maximum seniority)”.
«Among the lay Vatican staff – so the concern is – a doubt has crept in: that it’s a preparatory motion for additional cuts in our salaries to cowl the funds deficit of the Holy See which, apparently, the financial reform is unable to realize to stem? Are there different classes that could possibly be referred to as upon to make these sacrifices (e.g. lay leaders’ allowances, rents and advantages) or areas that could possibly be remodeled into sources of revenue/income? We sincerely hope that every one these potentialities have already been evaluated. We can solely speculate, having acquired no info on the matter.”
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