The Economic Times reported back in February, adding that the pontiff at the time had a net worth of “around $16 million, which includes various assets provided to him as the pope.” Sounds like a good gig. I wonder how I can get the job? I’m even Catholic, I think.
Those “assets” are used to pay for his official trips and provide support for his ministry. He has no actual salary and no real net worth. The monies available are for the office of papacy and not for personal consumption. He retained none of it at his death.
Typically, any income derived from things like book sales passes either to charity or into the church at a pope’s passing.