DEUTSCHLAND
Balaton Zeitung

[Summary: Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Mueller, who heads the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, has defended Limburg Bishop Franz-Peter van Elst Tebartz, He said the allegations against the bishop are an invention of journalists and are media campaign. Mueller said high construction costs of the bishop’s new house were due to employees rather than the bishop. Tebartz van Elst wanted to fly to Rome on Saturday to forestall a visit by Archbishop Robert Zollitsch, who chairs the German Bishops Conference. Zollitsch intends to meet with Pope Francis about the situation in the Limburg diocese.]

Der Präfekt der Glaubenskongregation, Erzbischof Gerhard Ludwig Müller, hat dem umstrittenen Limburger Bischof Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst den Rücken gestärkt. Während einer Messe in der Kirche des römischen Campo Santo Teutonico über das Evangelium und die Dämonen sagte Müller am Freitagabend, dass es sich bei den Vorwürfen gegen den Bischof um eine…