The Pope is paid nothing and owns nothing.

This was confirmed in 2001 when Vatican spokesman Joaqun Navarro-Valls ended speculation about the Pope's personal wealth by saying: 'The Pope does not and has never received a salary."

However, as head of the Catholic Church and head of state of the Vatican, all the Pope's worldly needs are looked after. A recent estimate of the Vatican's wealth by Time magazine put it at between $10 and $15 billion.










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