- Pope Francis was known for his humble ways, which began when he joined the Jesuits in the 1950s. He signed away his possessions to the religious order and took a vow of poverty, which he tried hard to follow throughout the rest of his life. Francis donated his hefty salary to charity and refused the trappings of his office, like living in the hotel-like Casa Santa Marta instead of the papal apartments.
Pope Francis was known for rejecting the salary owed to him as the powerful leader of the Catholic Church, but were he to have accepted it he would have been paid just as much as the president.
