Investigators have concluded that the Vatican Bank has extensive accounts in Switzerland and other nations and islands with minimal banking regulations. In 1979 Hoffman reported that “Papal finances are to this day enveloped in secrecy.”

Mike Pence was raised Catholic, attended an evangelical megachurch and recently met the pope in 2020. Pence served as an altar boy and went to parochial school in Columbus, Indiana.

Of course, "Pence" is also a reference to money, as in the British penny and pence. Pence is term used as the plural of penny, as in the phrase "sixpence none the richer" (which is also a religious reference).

The Holy See partially derives income from charitable organization they refer to as Peter’s Pence. Donations to the annual Peter’s Pence collection, which supports the work of the Roman Curia and funds the charitable activity of the pope, held steady in 2021. Pence donations and income from investments totaled 46.9 million euros (about $49 million) in 2021.

https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2022/06/16/peters-pence-donations-stable-243177