Overview

• Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki unveiled a program to reduce expenditures by €100 million each year through 2030 compared with 2022 levels.
• In the last fiscal year the archdiocese posted €890 million in revenues against €954 million in expenses, marking a €64 million deficit.
• Plans call for divesting about 25 percent of church properties—including churches, parish houses and rental buildings—by 2035 to curb maintenance and administrative costs.
• Essential pastoral initiatives such as expanded hospital chaplaincy and strengthened palliative care will be prioritized under the consolidated budget.
• The archdiocese commits to maintaining its 525 kindergartens and 32 schools and upholding refugee support to avoid over 50 kindergarten closures by 2030.