AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Pope Leo XIV marks 71st birthday by repealing Vatican salary cuts and reversing Francis-era plans
Pope Leo XIV used his 71st birthday to hand Vatican employees a tangible gift, a papal decree scrapping the salary cuts his predecessor imposed five years ago, while quietly reversing another major Francis-era decision on the Vatican's own archives. The Vatican published two decrees on Monday, both signed by Leo, that together represent the clearest […] The post Pope Leo XIV marks 71st birthday by repealing Vatican salary cuts and reversing Francis-era plans appeared first on American Almanac .
Pope Leo XIV used his 71st birthday to hand Vatican employees a tangible gift, a papal decree scrapping the salary cuts his predecessor imposed five years ago, while quietly reversing another major Francis-era decision on the Vatican's own archives. The Vatican published two decrees on Monday, both signed by Leo, that together represent the clearest signal yet of how the first American pope intends to manage the institution's finances and physical footprint. The first decree repealed COVID-era salary reductions that Pope Francis put in place in 2021. The second canceled Francis' plan to relocate the Vatican's secret archives and library holdings to a pontifical university outside Vatican City, ordering instead that a new building be…Open