Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Bling bishop banished

Germany's 'bishop of bling' resigns. Pope Francis has formally accepted the resignation of a senior German church leader suspended over his alleged lavish spending, the Vatican says.

Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst had been informed about the spiralling costs of the work being done on his residence in Limburg. The commission found that he was responsible for what happened.

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