2007-10-06 15:13:57 · 12 answers · asked by sketch_mylife 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Pope earns no salary.
However three bags containing gold, silver, and copper coins are placed in the coffin beside the body of a dead pope. Each bag contains one coin for each year in his reign, the only monetary compensation he receives for his service as pope.
http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=15948
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funeral_of_Pope_John_Paul_II
With love in Christ.
2007-10-06 16:46:50 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There are several problems associated with applying for the position:
1) The current Pope must be deceased before there is an opening!
2) The requirements for the candidate hoping to fill the position are rather stringent (e.g., you must be male, a Roman Catholic, and a member of the College of Cardinals, preferably rather elderly).
3) An American (if that is your nationality) has never been selected for the position even though the electee must have a command of the English language.
4) Fluency in Italian is also a requisite.
As for the salary, I have no information; however, the renown and power which the position offers may be worth more than mere money!
Anyway, best wishes for your pursuit of your career aspirations!!
2007-10-06 15:54:20 · answer #2 · answered by Lynci 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Clergy still pay taxes. They get all sorts of benefits though. They actually fall under the same tax code as the military does.
2007-10-06 15:24:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the pope, pat robertson, and james dobson have each devised their own way of determining what they keep:
pat robertson: toss the money in the air and 'heads, it's God's-tails, it's mine'
james dobson: a bucket in the middle of a huge room-toss the money in. 'what lands in the bucket is God's. what hits the floor is mine'
pope-toss the money in the air-'God can grab what He wants on the way down'
2007-10-06 15:32:06 · answer #4 · answered by spike missing debra m 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL they say the popes church is the richest but he doesn't pay taxes
2007-10-06 15:22:26 · answer #5 · answered by Rev.Michelle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have ya got a Grrrreeeaaattt Big Vault to put it in?
With a key?
2007-10-06 15:18:19 · answer #6 · answered by maguyver727 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Every penny of it. The church gets all its money tax-free...but loves to get involved in things that affect the tax-payers.
2007-10-06 15:21:33 · answer #7 · answered by Catnip 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What type of qualifications do you have to do pope work lol.
2007-10-06 15:17:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, but a lot of it must go to buying a new women's hat every other week. That, and medical care.
2007-10-06 15:18:17 · answer #9 · answered by YouCannotKnowUnlessUAsk 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
He doesn't get to go home;-{ he dies on the job.
But his retirement plan is out of this world!
2007-10-06 15:25:32 · answer #10 · answered by Robert S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋