If Jesus were walking the earth today, and saw the incredible luxury the pope and the rest of the residents of the Vatican live in, I don’t think he would be happy. Just my 2 cents.
Gotta be the alter Boyz.
A lot of it is probably like living in the King’s palaces - much of it belongs to the nation, not to the individual.
what you said.... and add: in light of the fact the old pope and the new one seem to think all the rest of the world should foot the bill for illegals and the many harms that come with them.
I spent a month in Italy, visiting friends who live in a suburb of Rome. Very smart couple, she has two PhDs and speaks English and Chinese too. He’s an architect. They absolutely detest the Catholic Church, because they spent millions building St. Peter’s Cathedral when people were starving in the streets.
I did visit the church and the terrific art gallery near it. Amazing paintings, and the church was beautiful but did not feel holy. Downstairs, however, they had tombs of former popes. One or two of them radiated holiness. Friend of mine who went at a different time had the same experience.
I grew up Catholic, went to Catholic schools and university. I was told day after day that I was going to hell for that, or God would punish me for that. So I thought God was a mean old man in the sky who hated me.