How do the poor benefit? I don’t know. Maybe they can eat or have heat or get health care.
I find it outrageous that those who vow “poverty” have billions in art.
And I’m sure plenty of the pieces would end up in museums. Which have free days.
They could even sell under those conditions.
They don't. The church does. Big difference.
Who has vowed poverty? Some clergy do. Most don’t. None of which has anything to do with property owned by the Church.
The poor benefit because they can enter a church and pray there in an environment that elevates their thoughts to God. Humanitarians like you think the poor should have no access to beautiful places or things except maybe as paying guests (if they’re lucky).