Swiss Bishop Gets Local Church Out of "Gay Pride"

Editor: what, a Swiss Bishop setting himself up for the hatred of the world?

<I> The Catholic Church bans the participation in "Zurich Pride" - Liturgy - Zurich Canton Church had even participated in the organization commitee of the homosexual parade and even supported it financially.</i>

(Kathnet, Chur) The Catholic Church has participated in the so-called "Zurich Pride" in the past - services are banned as the "Tagesanzeiger" reported. Auxiliary Bishop Eleganti defended his decision with the argument, that the Church must be concerned about what message it wants to deliver.

It could hardly support the cause of the CSD (Christopher Street Day) annual gay pride festival. What will not be effected is "the spiritual outreach to the individual Homosexual". +Eleganti holds the view of seeking to engage the effected persons in discussion.

It is clear that the Roman Catholic Church had ignored the questionable activities of the Zurich Canton Church, which would openly and benevolently accompany the gay event and has even supported it financially for two years. [How'd you like your parish supporting these things? It just might, you know]

Already in 2004 the Catholic (!) Church Community of Peter and Paul participated in the organization commitee of the CSD-association where it appointed Vicar Martin Stewen. Via Auxiliary Bishop Marian Eleganti this event has been STOPPED and Vicar Stewen has reluctantly removed himself from the commitee. His opinion was that this will have been, a lost "a pastoral chance" for the Church in Canton Zurich . "For the loss to the Church is greater than for the gay and lesbian scene," said Stewen.

More humorously in this context is government official Markus Notter's appearance at the CSD-Liturgy, where he hoped the next speaker for the coming year would be a Bishop who'd have the courage to "speak at Zurich Pride".

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