Vatican discloses uses of pope's fund, hoping to shore up trust


FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis reacts as he arrives for the weekly general audience at the Vatican, June 15, 2022. REUTERS/Yara Nardi/File Photo

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican, in an apparent attempt to boost the confidence of the faithful in how their charitable contributions to the pope are used, on Thursday issued the first detailed disclosure of his main fund.

The Peter's Pence fund, whose aim is to help the pope run the Church, is made up of income from a collection taken up in Roman Catholic dioceses around the world once a year, individual contributions and inheritances and bequests.

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