How Much Money Does The Pope Get Paid?

The Pope might not draw a salary, but the gig is for life (unless you pull a Benedict XVI and retire), and as anyone who has seen the Vatican can attest, the incumbent is not exactly living in poverty. He has his own bulletproof Popemobile, for crying out loud! Therefore, many popes in history have opted to skip the "amass great personal wealth" part in favor of going with the thing that is often less readily available for high-ranking, elderly clergymen: Debauchery. 

Leo XIII, for instance, was very much into a cocaine-infused wine called vin mariani, to the point that he had a special, golden hip flask that he carried around to ensure that a buzz was always readily available. John XII was reportedly into murder and shady bedroom antics. Urban VI and Innocent IV were both torture guys. Sergius III? The word "pornocracy" has been used to describe his tenure. Oh, and remember Benedict IX, the "sold the papacy" guy? He committed at least bribery, adultery and, surprise surprise, selling church offices, a.k.a. simony ... along with being accused of murder and increasingly awful sex crimes. You'd think they'd retired the name after that, but apparently, seven Benedicts so far have felt otherwise. 

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