Austrian Bishop Wants to Use Church Simultaneously as Climbing Gym
Bishop Hermann Glettler of Innsbruck, Austria, a homosexual activist and reader of Gloria.tv, wants to use the Petrus Canisius Church in Innsbruck for both presiding at the Eucharist and climbing.
The project has yet to be approved by the parish council and the office for the protection of monuments. Monsignor Glettler wrote in a letter to the parish that it would be an "attraction" to use the church as a gym at the same time.
The church is a flat-roofed, towerless central building with a square floor plan, built between 1968 and 1972. At present, around 25 people attend the Sunday Eucharist there.
To make the project possible, the pews will first have to be removed to make way for a free-standing climbing wall.
Bishop Glettler: "The Eucharist will continue to be celebrated every Sunday in the main nave and the Blessed Sacrament will be kept in the chapel on the ground floor, which will be open to everyone as a spiritual space."
The operator of the climbing centre should also provide …More
Some years ago when places like this were being built, those with a grain of common sense said they don't look like a church, more like a bowling alley--airplane hangar, or gym. Finally, after these buildings and those who wanted them have driven Catholics away, the function of the design is finally realized by all.