It's just his official residence and offices. Palacio in Spanish does not mean what we think of as "palace" in English. It can be an official building (such as the Palacio de las Cortes, literally, the Palace of the Legislature) and sometimes a large urban private home. Houses of well-off upper middle class families in the 19th century were called "palacios," for example. Sometimes they were quite lavish and sometimes not, but they were always large and had space for employees of the family or individual, a library or document storage space, offices, etc. The term is not used much any more except for official buildings or historical buildings.
Thanks for the info. I still wonder though. Is the Valencia archbishop's palacio lavish? Dat Catlick choich gots some mighty rich people doin' da Holy Stuff. Great quantities of jewel-encrusted chalices and fancy mitres, sceptres and other regalia. Lots of pomp to go with it. Like dey wuz kings or sumpin.
I don't remember Jesus stating that luxury was an essential part in the 'path' to heaven. In fact, I distinctly remember being taught (in one of the 8 years I spent at Catholic school when I wasn't going to confession asking for some kind of easy penance to absolve me of all those 'impure thoughts') the parable of the rich fool in Luke 12:13-21.
15 Then he said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."