Catholics around the world contributed last month — on the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul — to the Vatican’s annual Peter’s Pence collection.
Over the last four years, the collection has shown signs of revenue growth, allowing the Vatican to use increasingly large sums of money to fill the gaps in the Roman Curia’s budget.
Where do the Peter’s Pence funds come from? How are they spent?
The Pillar looks at the numbers.
