Is it a sin to encourage someone to disobey the pope?
If you mean a Catholic so encouraging other Catholics, the answer is yes. If the person doing the encouraging in these matters is somehow the leader or superior of the one he or she is encouraging, then the mortal sin incurred is also worthy of ecclesiastical penalties. Church Law states (Canon 1373) "A person who publicly incites his or her subjects to hatred or animosity against the Apostolic See or the Ordinary because of some act of ecclesiastical authority or ministry, or one who provokes the subjects to disobedience against them, is to be punished by interdict or other just penalties."
Reprinted from January 22, 1999
Does the pope get a salary and if so, how much?
The pope has the resources of the Holy See at his disposal. He can take out as much as he needs to carry out his mission and his duties. All the recent popes, on the occasion of their deaths, have left everything they personally owned to the Holy See, with the exception of some little gifts that Pope Paul VI left to his personal secretary and to some of his close relatives. The Holy See annually publishes a complete financial report which includes the expenses of the Pontifical Household. Gifts that come to the pope form heads of state around the world and similar gifts go to the Vatican Museums, where they are often on display for the public to view.
Reprinted from January 22, 1999