@gollum,
How the Vatican funds itself is an important study. The Catholic Church celebrates ornamentation of sacraments, and the Vatican, like Mecca, is an international symbol of ornament divination. I believe you can find investor and engineer information about the Vatican on their official website.
Incidentally, did you know that the Hollywood (USA) movie "The Devil's Own" (1997) explores perspectives of Catholicism-oriented IRA (Irish Republican Army) bureaucrats on Church feasting (obviously indirectly though)?