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The Obolus fund, which administers donations from the faithful for the Pope's charitable works, was slightly less funded – with 57.6 million euros in revenue in 2025, compared to 58 million euros in 2024, the Secretariat for the Economy announced in its annual report published on June 30, 2026. Mainly due to lower financial revenue (-0.6 million euros).
The year 2025 confirms the desire to reduce spending, with a deficit of only 2.2 million euros which the Holy See attributes mainly to unfavorable fluctuations in foreign exchange rates.
The Holy See has primarily sought to reduce the share of Peter's Pence used to finance the activities of the Roman Curia, following the economic reform launched under the pontificate of Francis.
However, the Pope's assistance projects – building churches, funding studies for priests in poor dioceses, humanitarian aid – were not affected, stabilizing at around 13 million euros since 2023.
The share of these one-off grants, which had been around 15% of contributions in recent years, increased in 2025, reaching 24%. The Holy See thus financed 252 projects in 74 countries, including payments of 103,000 euros for Gaza, 89,000 euros to build a school in South Sudan, 76,000 euros to renovate a seminary in Zambia and 112,000 euros to build a convent in Sri Lanka.
On the revenue side, 2025 saw an increase in the share of donations from dioceses, with €34.7 million paid, representing 64% of donations, compared to €31.8 million and 59% in 2024. The share of dioceses in 2025 is, however, close to that of 2023 and 2022, the most important variable being that of private donors, who represented 4% of donations in 2023 compared to 16% in 2024. In 2025, they represented €5.4 million, or 10%.
In 2025, Americans were once again the largest contributors to Peter's Pence: $13.7 million, representing 26% of donations. France ranked sixth with $1.3 million in donations in 2025, behind Italy ($3.1 million), Brazil ($2.1 million), South Korea ($1.5 million), and Germany ($1.4 million).