LIMBURG, Germany (Reuters) - A German Catholic bishop faced pressure to resign on Wednesday after it emerged that his new residence would cost 31 million euros (26.3 million pounds), over six times the original estimate.
Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, bishop of Limburg, was investigated by a Vatican envoy last month after protests in his diocese against lavish spending at odds with Pope Francis's shift of the Church's focus towards simplicity and poverty.
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