Pope Benedict serves the Catholic community throughout the world and is supported financially by Catholics. An annual budget for the Vatican includes the necessary provision for food, housing, medical, personal, professional and other needs of the Pope. Therefore the Pope does not receive an annual salary as would the head of a company.

Books written by a Pope, which are sold through book stores and by other markets create additional available money for the annual budgetary needs of the Vatican and its employees.

The boss of the Pope is God who directs the heart and mind of this Servant of the Church on earth. The Pope has a group of men called the Magisterium. This is the ruling body of the Church and includes Cardinals and Bishops who work at the Vatican and throughout the world helping the Pope.

Vatican bookkeepers and accountants handle the financial concerns of the Pope.