“The good news is that the consolidated balance of the Holy See for the financial year 2006 closed with a credit of 2.4 million euros for the third year in a row": it was said today in the Vatican by card. Sergio Sebastiani, president of the Prefecture of Economic Affairs, during the press release which “traditionally recalled the director of the Newsroom, father Lombardi is the last one before the summer holidays". According to Sebastiani, “we must bear in mind that this credit of 2.4 million euros is the lowest since 2005, when it amounted to 9.7 million euros, and since 2004 when it totalled 3.1 million euros”. Most of the credits of the Holy See explained the cardinal come from the "proceeds from what the Bishops of all over the world pay under canon law 1271″, which amounted to 24 million (versus 21.5 the previous year). Contributions from institutions, foundations and other agencies have also increased, from 51.7 million in 2005 to 61.2 million in 2006.
