How much money will the new Pope have at his disposal to run his immediate needs. According to notocbcp the departing Pope Benedict had about $200,000,000.00 annually. Like most religions clever methods are created to take money in and then divert portions to the Leadership so it is not counted as actual 'income' but the money is there for the leadership's use none the less.
We have suspected the Wt. of doing this for years through overcharging for parking tickets to Assemblies and Hotel kickback fees etc..
With the Pope's guidence several 'charities' are used for this money skimming scheme. Ever hear of 'Peter's Pence', Peter's Pence brought in $101million in 2006. IOR? IOR is the Insitutes of the Works of Religion or the Vatican Bank which reported another $102 million. National Catholic Prayer Breakfast- $100,00.00 was given to the Pope along with the charity Sisters of Life. American Catholics also have another 'charity' to funnel money to the Pope- The Papal Foundation, $870,000.00 was recently given through this charity.
A Whistle blower priest who steered cash from the Legionaries of Christ told author Jason Berry 'its an elegant way of giving bribes'.
COR UNUM, the Pontifical Council operates out of an office on the north end of Vatican City and distributes funds from charities and the personal money given by the Pope. Under COR UNUM other charities function to spread the 'social teachings of the Church'- ie birth control, population control, abortion, and gender politics' which means money is poured into political campaigns around the world.
Some 162 Catholic agencies shuffle money around, much much more than the Wt. at this point. The perfect shell-game. Pope Benedict left office listed by Forbes as the 5th most powerful person on earth.
