VATICAN CITY/GERMANY
Telegraph (UK)
[with video]
Pope Francis has ordered Germany’s Bishop of Limburg to leave his diocese after spending millions of Church money on refurbishing his home
The Vatican on Wednesday suspended indefinitely a German Catholic cleric dubbed the “bling bishop” for his luxury lifestyle, despite multiple calls in Germany for the prelate to be dismissed.
The bishop flew to Rome last week with low-cost airline Ryanair to explain himself to Pope Francis – following accusations he took an expensive ticket on a trip to India and squandered money.
His private quarters in a new diocesan building are reported to have cost up a €31 million (£26.4 million), and included a 63-square-metre dining room and a £12,000 bathtub – using the revenue from a religious tax in Germany.
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