Pope celebrates his 71st birthday but it's Vatican employees who get the gift
Pope Leo XIV waves as he arrives at the Vatican Library on the day of his 71st birthday, Monday, Sept. 14, 2026, during a press preview of the exhibit ""AQVA, Catastrophe and Wonder," which will be open to the public from Sept. 25 through May 14, 2027. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV celebrated his 71st birthday on Monday but it was Vatican employees who got the gift.
The Vatican published a papal decree repealing 2021 salary cuts that Pope Francis had imposed on many Vatican employees as part of the Holy See’s COVID-19 cost-saving measures.
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