When you contribute to pension management, as we pay with our contributions, the accounts should be available to everyone,” an association of Vatican employees said.

The pope has expressed uncommon concern about the Vatican's budget several times in recent months. In October, he ordered the third reduction in three years for the pay packages o

Pope Francis, who has imposed a series of cost-cutting measures across the cash-strapped Vatican, warned Thursday that the city state's troubled pension fund needs urgent reform to guarantee future obligations.