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#359761 - 02/08/11 11:16 AM
Re: Catholics in Vienna protest over giving church to Orthodox
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All things considered it could be alot worse, the bishop could have given the church to an Islamic group to use as a mosque. True. Based upon the article I found, which has excerpts from the Cardinal Archbishop's November 19th letter, the parish is in decline and is slated for closure. Alas, I was unable to find the Cardinal's letter in its entirety, but hopefully someone else can. I think the letter may explain the position of the Archdiocese more clearly, and knowing both sides in the dispute would be helpful.
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#359765 - 02/08/11 11:44 AM
Re: Catholics in Vienna protest over giving church to Orthodox
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It says it has an active flock with a primarily Polish congregation. My guess is the Cardinal is trying to make a nice ecumenical gesture and throwing one of his own congregations under the bus in the process.
Not a wise idea in my opinion. Never mind. That's the danger of talking when you don't know the facts. Mea culpa.
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#359771 - 02/08/11 03:46 PM
Re: Catholics in Vienna protest over giving church to Orthodox
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well to clarify it says the majority are Austrians of Polish decent, not actual Poles
Cardinal Schonborn, the Archbishop of Vienna, is biritual and the ordinary of Byzantine Catholics in Austria - he got an interest with Greek Christianity while as a young religious spending some years with Eastern Orthodox monks, while compiling the Catechism of the Catholic Church he was very much responsible for its Eastern Catholic flavor... ecumenical gesture and gift aside, I am sure he would rather see the temple still used for (apostolic) Christian worship instead of being vacant
Edited by Litvin (02/08/11 03:47 PM)
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