Austria? Hope nowhere by Fr Reto Nay
John L. Allen writes on cruxnews.com, that the Church in Austria is "calmer" than twenty years ago, when Vienna Cardinal Groër was accused of sexual abuses. He adds that there is "no public protest". …More
John L. Allen writes on cruxnews.com, that the Church in Austria is "calmer" than twenty years ago, when Vienna Cardinal Groër was accused of sexual abuses. He adds that there is "no public protest".
Yes, things are "far calmer" in Austria, because they are more dead. In the last twenty years Austria lost one million Catholics. Most of them were practicing and were not replaced.
Yes, there is "no public protest" (i.e. from the commercial media), because the Church has capitulated in front of them. The media have become the true evangelizers, while the bishops are their pastoral assistants. Therefore the media call them "men of dialogue".
Remember that they used to be called "men of the Church".
Picture: Christoph Schönborn, © Evangelische Kirche in Österreich, CC BY-SA, #newsSszmcxspuc
Yes, things are "far calmer" in Austria, because they are more dead. In the last twenty years Austria lost one million Catholics. Most of them were practicing and were not replaced.
Yes, there is "no public protest" (i.e. from the commercial media), because the Church has capitulated in front of them. The media have become the true evangelizers, while the bishops are their pastoral assistants. Therefore the media call them "men of dialogue".
Remember that they used to be called "men of the Church".
Picture: Christoph Schönborn, © Evangelische Kirche in Österreich, CC BY-SA, #newsSszmcxspuc
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This article is the main reason I'm not a fan of John Allen of any of the other emasculated establishment Catholic reporters. In order to maintain accessibility to 'big cheeses' and their jobs, they write to appease their overlords (read: bishops) and do not tell the whole truth. However, he slipped when he wrote the following giving one of the reasons for the "far calmer" church now in Austria. …More
This article is the main reason I'm not a fan of John Allen of any of the other emasculated establishment Catholic reporters. In order to maintain accessibility to 'big cheeses' and their jobs, they write to appease their overlords (read: bishops) and do not tell the whole truth. However, he slipped when he wrote the following giving one of the reasons for the "far calmer" church now in Austria.
it’s because Austrians who dreamed of change simply gave up and walked away, so in a sense, what the Church has today is the peace of the grave.
it’s because Austrians who dreamed of change simply gave up and walked away, so in a sense, what the Church has today is the peace of the grave.