Germany's ARD 20.00 Tagesschau, the main evening television news in Germany, gave five minutes to the Limburg saga today. It was the first item on the news.
It is a matter of laughing stock. The church from A to Z has handled the entire affair badly.
Who appointed Tebartz-van Elst bishop? Was he recommended by Cardinal Meissner of Cologne? When Joachim Meissner was appointed in Cologne there was loud and strong objection from a sizeable number of priests in the diocese.
When Joachim Meissner was cardinal bishop in Berlin he drove about the streets of East Berlin, the then capital of the GDR, in a prestige Mercedes Benz. It looked awful and so out of place - a mirror image of the Limburg residence.
Will the papal nuncio, who appointed Tebartz-van Elst be asked how this man was appointed a bishop? Hardly.
The 'power' of papal nuncios is a lesson in 'non-transparency'. And then the coterie of people surrounding them leaves so much to be desired in the Catholic Church.
Pope Francis your job is almost impossible.
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