Tag: Cardinal Christoph Schönborn
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New President of the Austrian Bishops’ Conference
The archbishop of Salzburg, Franz Lackner O.F.M., has been elected new president of the Austrian bishops’ conference. He follows on the archbishop of Vienna, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn O.P. Franz Lackner has a many-faceted CV: Born in 1956, he started a training as electrician, served as a UN soldier in Cyprus from 1978 to 1979, joined…
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Cardinal Schönborn: “Fresh Spring Wind in the Church” with Pope Francis
“In this spring-like atmosphere in the church, we may look full of joy at Christ, who shows us the way to life, beyond the Cross to Easter morning.” – Cardinal Schönborn
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Liturgical Views of the Papabili: Christoph Schönborn
As an aesthetically sensitive man, Schönborn is a friend of tasteful modern vestments. But in Vienna it is part of the normal style of feast day liturgies that baroque vestments and other such things from the cathedral treasury are used. Normally one wouldn’t see the cardinal wearing liturgical clothes with Belgian lace.
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Austrian Church update: members leaving, initiative forming UPDATED 1-12
Today the numbers for 2010 came out: a record high.
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From the land of Mozart, Haydn, Bruckner, Schubert…
80% of Austrian clergy favor the abolition of mandatory celibacy, 51% favor the ordination of women. More than half believe that Rome’s handling of the sex abuse scandal has been “poor.”80% believe that the sex abuse scandal should be taken as the occasion for a fundamental rethinking of the Church’s approach to sexuality.
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A Confession of Sin
On Wednesday, March 31, a liturgy of lamentation and penance was held in St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna in the context of the many cases of physical and sexual abuse which have come to light in Austria and elsewhere in recent weeks. Over 3,000 people took part. Cardinal Christoph Schönborn and Catholic theologian Veronica Prüller-Jagenteuful…
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“When the Victims Speak, God Speaks to Us”
At the liturgy of lamentation and penance in Vienna mentioned above, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn made the following remarks.