Austria, the Old Liberal Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna will celebrate the Requiem for dear departed Kaiser Otto von Habsburg on 16 July. Following that the body will be interned in the Imperial Tomb [Kaisergruft] near the Capuchin Church in the city center of Vienna. The Kaiser's heart will be brought to the Hungarian Cloister of Pannonhamla. This was according to the family's spokesman, Eva Demmerle, in a press release..
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I just read about the burial ritual in A Heart for Europe. Europe is a spoiled little nationalistic childish brat. That ritual stands in stark contrast to the banal uselessness of these modern states. Gott erhalte unseren Kaiser!
ReplyDeleteYour statement brings home what Charles Coulombe recently said about wanting to be ruled by someone who knew he'd go to Hell for ruling badly versus some elected official who didn't believe in Hell.
ReplyDeleteVery true. The moderns sure do hate the Old Way but have shown the New Way is pathetically inept at dealing with any of the complicated issues affecting Europe. Where can I find the Coulombe piece?
ReplyDeleteRIP Otto, our last link to the old Catholic order.
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