Pope Francis challenged the Vatican s in-house journalists Monday to essentially justify their continued work, asking them how many people actually consume their news in a critique of the office that costs the Holy See more than all its embassies around the world combined. Francis visited the Dicastry of Communications, Vatican Radio and the headquarters of the Vatican s newspaper, L Osservatore Romano, which is marking its 160th anniversary. He appeared to use the occasion to lay down the gauntlet at a fraught financial time for the Holy See. Facing a major pension funding shortage and a projected 50 million euro (USD 61 million) deficit this year, Francis has ordered salary cuts from 3 per cent to 10 per cent for Vatican employees, both lay and religious, and paused seniority bonuses for two years.
united states before and in europe things are a lot more secular. the united states typically says at the end of its speech, god bless america. that s never sitting european countries, there is a strict secular spirit that is not to the benefit of the christian people in the catholic church in europe. when the pope sits down with president trump he is sitting down with a friendly person with similar interest. religious freedom is one of the greatest gifts that we have in this country. the pope is certainly going to talk about that. julie: i wonder if the pope will make a specific policy request of the president. i would doubt that. he will make a general principle about the united states being a welcoming country that it s always been, i m sure the president of the united states will respond that we have that tradition but we have to protect the security of the people. this bombing occurred in manchester was a very stark reminder that we have people
there is no overwhelmings super power. that was the case immediately after the cold war. and i ve said on several of our broadcasts, i don t think a north american pope is out of the question. you mean the quebec archbishop miegts have a better shot? i think a number of north american cardinals are going to get a look in this conclave. and that s something really quite striking. it shouldn t be that surprising because given the very difficult circumstances of the catholic church in europe, it s really falling through the floor boards in a number of places. catholic church in the united states look like a pretty vibrant place.
the united states was the hyperpower as the french foreign minister once called us, i think that s gone. wow. there is no overwhelming super power of the sort that was the case immediately after the cold war, and i have said on several of our broadcasts during the day and indeed during this previous week, i don t think a north american pope is out of the question. you mean the quebec archbishop may have a better shot? cardinal ouellet. i think a number of north american cardinals are going to get a look in this conclave, and that s something really quite striking. on the other hand, chris, it probably shouldn t be that surprising because given the very difficult circumstances of the catholic church in europe, it s really falling through the floorboards in a number of places. the catholic church in the united states looks like a pretty vital and vibrant place. all sorts of problems, all sorts
super power of the sort that was the case immediately after the cold war, and i have said on several of our broadcasts during the day and indeed during this previous week, i don t think a north american pope is out of the question. you mean the quebec archbishop may have a better shot? cardinal ouellet. i think a number of north american cardinals are going to get a look in this conclave, and that s something really quite striking. on the other hand, chris, it probably shouldn t be that surprising because given the very difficult circumstances of the catholic church in europe, it s really falling through the floorboards in a number of places. catholic church in the united states looks like a pretty vital and vibrant place. all sorts of problems, all sorts of contentions. my friend tom roberts and i have been arguing about these things for years. but it s still a vital, vibrant