Appraisal of Propaganda Fide property is a task exposed to errors according to a statement from the Holy See. The Press Office statement was an answer to “recent reports about the Congregation for the Evangelisation of People”, the revenue of which “comes mainly from collections made on World Missionary Day and secondly from income provided by its own assets”.
It was necessary to “improve profitability and to do so departments and procedures were orgnaised to ensure professional management also in line with the most advanced standards.”