Bishop Tebartz-van Elst Definitely Prefers to Store Up His Treasures on Earth

Source photo courtesy of Stewart Church Signs

German Outrage Swells Over a Bishop's Spending.  (The New York Times, 10/12/2013) 

Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, 53, the bishop of Limburg, Germany (no website translation), reportedly spend $42 on the remodeling of his residence.

Among the expenditures:

• $474,000 for carpentry and cupboards
• $610,000 for art
• $135,000 for windows for a private chapel
• $34,000 for a conference table 
• $20,000 for a bathtub. 

A $34,000 conference table?  Here's an example.  For a $1,000 more.

A $20,000 bathtub?  It's the ultimate soak.  I'm sure that's what the bishop's parishioners are saying, too.