German Church fears shrinking flock over ‘bling bishop’(Published: October 16, 2013 at 01:44PM): BERLIN, Oct 16, 2013 (AFP) - Germany's Roman Catholic Church, already grappling with the fallout from a child sex scandal, fears losing more followers - and financing - because of public anger over a big-spending "bling bishop". For the past week the Bishop of Limburg, Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, has generated damaging headlines after the cost of his extravagant new residence complex blew out ..... More here..
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Tuesday, October 15, 2013
German Church fears shrinking flock over ‘bling bishop’
German Church fears shrinking flock over ‘bling bishop’(Published: October 16, 2013 at 01:10PM): BERLIN, Oct 16, 2013 (AFP) - Germany's Roman Catholic Church, already grappling with the fallout from a child sex scandal, fears losing more followers - and financing - because of public anger over a big-spending "bling bishop". For the past week the Bishop of Limburg, Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, has generated damaging headlines after the cost of his extravagant new residence complex blew out ..... More here..
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