It was great that he asked the German Bishop of Bling to take a leave of absence after he spent $40 million on his official residence. But this is even greater:
Yesterday, church officials in Limburg said they were taking their own steps to admonish Bishop Franz Peter Tebartz-van Elst. “The residence is like an inherited sin which the bishop has left in his wake,” said a spokesman for the Caritas organisation for the homeless. “People who seek sanctuary with us could be given food in the residence,” he added. Turning the complex into a refugee centre would follow the practice of a former Limburg bishop who housed a refugee family from Eritrea while he moved into a residence for novice priests.
Isn’t it wonderful to see the teachings of Jesus actually followed by His church?
The Dish 