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Peter’s Pence, the annual global collection to support the ministry of the Holy Father, reported a drop in both revenue and expenses for the 2025 financial year in its annual disclosure.

The annual report noted that the fund continues to operate a deficit, though this was significantly reduced from previous years.

According to the annual statement, income to the fund totaled 57.6 million euros in 2025, with expenses running to 59.8 million.

This represented a modest drop compared to 2024, when the collection netted revenue of 58 million euros, but a sizable reduction in expenses — down from 75.4 million euros the previous year.

Contributions from dioceses around the world, where the annual collection is undertaken on the Feast of St. Peter and Paul, remained the single largest source of income to the fund, but fell in terms of revenue while rising as a share of total income at 34.7m euros (63% of revenue), compared to 39.8m euros (59%) in 2024.

Individual donations to the collection made up only 10% of returns in 2025, totalling 5.4m euros, compared to the much more robust collection of nearly 9m euros the previous year, making up 16% of revenue to the fund in 2024.

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