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• Vatican suspends Germany's 'bling bishop'
• Fight for religious freedom, tolerance 'central battle' in Middle East: Blair
• Pope expels German 'luxury bishop' from diocese
• Pope banishes Germany's 'luxury bishop' from diocese
• Was Pope Francis too lenient on the Bishop of Bling?
• Pope temporarily expels German "luxury bishop" from diocese after 31M euro renovation
• Pope expels German "luxury bishop" from diocese after scandal over 31M euro renovation
• Polish church leader under fire over remarks about child sex abuse
• Poland archbishop slammed over sex abuse comments
• Did Pope Francis dress down Germany's 'Bishop of Bling'?

Vatican suspends Germany's 'bling bishop' Posted: 23 Oct 2013 01:19 PM PDT Vatican City (AFP) - 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.

Fight for religious freedom, tolerance 'central battle' in Middle East: Blair Posted: 23 Oct 2013 09:42 AM PDT OTTAWA - Former British prime minister Tony Blair says the fight for religious freedom and tolerance is the "central battle" being waged in the Middle East.

Pope expels German 'luxury bishop' from diocese Posted: 23 Oct 2013 09:07 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis expelled a German bishop from his diocese on Wednesday pending the outcome of a church inquiry into his 31 million-euro ($43-million) new residence complex.

Pope banishes Germany's 'luxury bishop' from diocese Posted: 23 Oct 2013 07:27 AM PDT By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis banished a German Roman Catholic prelate known as the "luxury bishop" from his diocese on Wednesday for spending 31 million euros ($43 million) of Church funds on his residence at a time when the pontiff is stressing austerity. But the pontiff stopped short of dismissing him outright, a step which many German Catholics and the media had called for. In a highly unusual move, Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst of Limburg was ordered to leave his diocese while an investigation and audit into cost over-runs is held, a Vatican statement ...

Was Pope Francis too lenient on the Bishop of Bling? Posted: 23 Oct 2013 07:24 AM PDT Pope Francis is mostly getting a thumbs-up from Catholics for suspending Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, a.k.a. the "Bishop of Bling," from his diocese in Limburg, Germany.

Pope temporarily expels German "luxury bishop" from diocese after 31M euro renovation Posted: 23 Oct 2013 03:36 AM PDT VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has temporarily expelled a German bishop from his diocese because of a scandal over a 31-million-euro project to build a new residence and related renovations.

Pope expels German "luxury bishop" from diocese after scandal over 31M euro renovation Posted: 23 Oct 2013 03:16 AM PDT Pope expels German "luxury bishop" from diocese after scandal over 31M euro renovation.

Polish church leader under fire over remarks about child sex abuse Posted: 22 Oct 2013 11:30 PM PDT WARSAW, Poland - The leader of Poland's Catholic Church has come under a wave of condemnation by appearing to suggest that children are partly to blame for being sexually abused by priests.

Poland archbishop slammed over sex abuse comments Posted: 22 Oct 2013 11:18 PM PDT WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The leader of Poland's Catholic Church has come under a wave of condemnation by appearing to suggest that children are partly to blame for being sexually abused by priests.

Did Pope Francis dress down Germany's 'Bishop of Bling'? Posted: 22 Oct 2013 02:30 PM PDT He's been dubbed "the Bishop of Bling," and his extravagant spending is shaping up as one of the first major tests of Pope Francis's stated aim of building "a poor church for the poor."

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