The shockingly high salary of the newly appointed pope has been made public.Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88, and a new pope has been appointed.
On Thursday afternoon, white smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney to announce to the world that the conclave had decided on the successor to the Catholic church’s leadership.
Robert Francis Prevost, a well-known American Catholic leader who was born in Chicago, Illinois, on September 14, 1955, at the age of 69, was chosen by the conclave to be Pope Leo XIV.
He is the 267th pope and the first to be born in the United States.Although the position carries a lot of responsibility, it also offers some very alluring benefits.
The pay of the pope is €30,000 ($33,800) per month, which is comparable to that of university chancellors and
US presidents, according to Fortune.com. According to Daniel Rober, a professor of Catholic studies at Sacred Heart University, it comes to around $405,600 every year.
