Vatican has lost more than $100 million from COVID-19 pandemic
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Saint Peter's Square in Rome, Italy, will be quiet for a second Easter in a row as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to keep tourists away from Vatican City.
The Vatican depends on tourists for revenue through donations, museum ticket sales and visits to sites like the Sistine Chapel, one of Italy's most popular tourist attractions. This year's lack of tourists is affecting the Vatican's bottom line and forcing pay cuts of up to 10% for cardinals, priests and nuns who work at the Holy See. The Vatican is facing a $108 million shortfall, according to CBS News Vatican contributor Monsignor Anthony Figueiredo. It's the latest blow to the Catholic Church, which has seen a decline in members and ongoing controversy over sex abuse scandals.Strong storms with damaging winds and baseball-sized hail pummeled Texas on Tuesday, leaving more than one million businesses and homes without power as much of the U.S. recovered from severe weather, including tornadoes, that killed at least 24 people in seven states during the Memorial Day holiday weekend.
Actor Richard Dreyfuss is facing backlash for allegedly sharing remarks that audience members found sexist, homophobic and generally offensive at a Q&A event over the weekend tied to a Massachusetts theater's screening of "Jaws." Dreyfuss starred in the 1975 blockbuster that was filmed in Massachusetts and screened Saturday night at The Cabot, a performing arts center in the coastal community of Beverly.
Another American who was arrested in the Turks and Caicos Islands for possessing ammunition was sentenced to time served and a $9,000 fine on Tuesday, local media reported. Tyler Wenrich was facing a potential mandatory minimum sentence of 12 years in prison for ammunition charges in the British territory.