lol. If that's the best thing you can say about Ratzinger's vow of poverty, that he's not even an art collector, well, you've just proven my point.
I doubt you can come up with a vow of poverty for your guy, but maybe you can persuade him to furnish us all a copy of his income tax return. Joint income, I suppose. Problem here is that you are so taken with the Renaissance/Baroque splendor of the pope’s surroundings, you forget that probably most of the 70,000 millionaires in the DFW area enjoy more material comfort than all but a few of the Churchmen in the Vatican. Of course, those Church usually don’t
have wives and Children and extended families to support as many did in the 16th Century and as these millionaires do now.
Ratzinger is a scholar and has not more interest in material stuff than your average college professor. He and Immanual Kant would have enjoyed each other’s company, I am sure, if Ratzinger could have been sent back in time totake a walk with the Philosopher on his regular rounds.