Is it hypocritical for the Church to have such wealth?

[bentoman]

How is it the Pope and Vatican tell others to give and excessive wealth is sinful when they are very wealthy themselves? I know it isn’t their actually their money, but they appear to live very well to me. It seems hypocritical to me.

 

[Devon_Caffran]

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