VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis expelled a German bishop from his diocese on Wednesday pending the outcome of a church inquiry into his $43-million new residence complex. The Vatican didn’t say how long ...

Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst. (Credit: Michael Probst/AP.) Listen ROME – In “The Simpsons,” the annual Halloween episodes are known for their spoofs of the supernatural. Back in 1993, one of my ...

Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst spent millions of dollars on renovations at his residence in Limburg, Germany. On Wednesday, the Vatican accepted his... The more than $40 million he allowed to be spent ...

A German Catholic bishop is facing calls for his resignation after it emerged his new residence would cost 31m euros (£26m) - more than six times the planned amount. Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, ...

Pope Francis has formally accepted the resignation of Germany's controversial bishop of Limburg, the Vatican said in a statement Wednesday. Franz-Peter Terbartz-van Elst, nicknamed the "bling bishop" ...

BERLIN—Pope Francis has suspended a German bishop whose $42 million home renovation stirred outrage in Germany and highlighted the hidden wealth of the country's Catholic institutions. The Vatican ...

The Vatican has suspended a German bishop over the cost of his home renovation, highlighting religious — and very human — ambivalence over wealth. Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst spent some $40 ...

The Vatican didn't say how long Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst would spend away from the diocese of Limburg and gave no information on where he would go or what he would do. It said he was ...