Brazilian Postal Service encourages sending letters to Pope to reduce financial crisis

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On June 12, the official website of the Brazilian Postal Service published the report "Letters can be sent to Pope Francisco". The publication cites the commemoration of Pope's Day, which will be held on June 29, and asks the Brazilians to send letters to the pope. In the website, the company informs the Pope's address in the Vatican and offers (for payment in local currency), the international services that can be used, such as aerograms and telegrams.

If Brazilian Catholics start to send millions of letters annually, the company expects to raise enough money to pay its debts. By sending 1 letter to the pope, each Catholic can help the Postal Service double the volume of letters, considering 2016 data.

Although the 2010 IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistic) Census registered 12.2% reduction in the number of Catholics, Brazil remains the largest Catholic nation in the world. According to these dates, 64% of the population make up this religious group. In 2010, that meant just over 124 million Roman Catholic in the country.

Last year, 123 million letters were sent, 8.2% less than in 2015 (135 million letters), but the same amount of 2012 (see table below). Sending business letters dropped from BRL 6.6 billion in 2015 to BRL 5.9 billion in 2016, a drop of 12 percent.
The result of this scenario is that the Brazilian Postal Service faces a serious financial crisis. In March of this year, the state-owned company announced the closure of more than 200 branches across the country. In addition, the company has opened a Voluntary Dismissal Plan. The latest survey shows that more than 6,500 employees joined this plan, 81% of the goal of 8,000 spontaneous dismissals. The forecast of annual savings with the payroll is approximately BRL 800 millions.

In the last two years (2015-2016), the state's estimated loss was accumulated at around BRL 4 billions. Despite the financial crisis, the company expects to close the year with a positive balance. At the beginning of 2017, the minister Gilberto Kassab said that he saw no other way but to privatize the state company.

Source: Poder 360

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