This June 29 is the collection of the Óbolo de San Pedro

During the pandemic, the Pope has sent medical supplies, respirators and other supplies to high-risk areas, from Latin America to China. But where does the Pope get the money to be able to carry out these works of charity?
It does so through the Obolus of Saint Peter, an economic aid that the faithful offer to the Pope every June 29, the feast of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, considered “the day of the Pope”.
This fund also goes to other needs of the Pope and the Vatican.
The initiative was instituted by Pius IX in 1871. Although it was actually born in the seventh century, with the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons who, as a sign of adherence to Rome, sent an annual contribution to the Pope. At that time it was called the “Denarius Sancti Petri”, the “Alms to San Pedro”.
According to the latest data, in 2019, the Obolus of St. Peter raised 53 million euros and financed a third of the activities of the Pope and the Vatican Curia.
In 2020 it raised 12 million euros less, but there were still a lot of expenses.
In 2015, the fund totaled 319 million euros; now only 205 million.
For this reason, the main person in charge of the guarantees of the Vatican, Juan Antonio Guerrero Alves, says that the figures show that without the help of Catholics, the help of the Church cannot be maintained.
Romereports.com