The Churchs´ wealth

“My house shall be called a house of prayer, but you are making it a den of robbers” (21:13)

It is hard for me to understand how the church has such wealth while so many people suffer and they do so little to help. For example you can look at the popes’ wealth in the Vatican and how peters cathedral is covered in gold and how so many precious works of art are exposed and used to decorate the house of god. But then shouldn’t the church sell those goods and use the money to help the people who need it instead of having all the people related to the church abuse that wealth? To pray to god and communicate with him one can be anywhere not just at churches but if the “representatives of god” feel the need to read the different sections of the bible then let them do it but they can do it in a very simple place where people can reunite to really thank God and Jesus for what we currently have. Instead, there are wealthy churches in Italy and among the rest of the world that aren’t even used for praying but they are tourism and one has to pay to enter and admire undeserved wealth. This money could be used for many projects to support homeless people, or starving people or even orphanages and schools. The people of the churches should also be fine with this because they have studied Jesus actions and the way he represents god’s ideals so they shouldn’t mind living a simple and honorary life.