era salary cuts for Cardinals and senior officials

By Salvatore Cernuzio With the Covid-19 emergency now over, the austerity measures associated with that period can also be brought to an end. With a Motu Proprio published on Monday, Pope Leo XIV repealed the provisions introduced by Pope Francis in March 2021 that reduced the salaries of Holy See personnel, beginning with Cardinals and heads of Dicasteries of the Roman Curia, and suspended biennial seniority increases. The measure was adopted in response to the consequences of the pandemic, which had worsened “the deficit that has characterised the economic management of the Holy See for several years and has negatively affected all sources of revenue for both the Holy See and Vatican City State,” as the Motu Proprio A Sustainable Future stated.