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About 400 Austrian priests under the title "Call to Disobedience" [Let's see how disobedient they are when they are sent packing with a small severance] are seeking reforms like the allowance of women and married to the office of the priesthood, have caused the formation of a counter-movement. Under the Motto "Call to Obedience", they view themselves as Catholics true to Rome. [They go on to mention the 1,500 singers of "Call to Obedience". Actually, there are now 2241 of which around four hundred are priests and religious.]
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No one has the courage, to challenge the media bosses and their useful idiots. The cowardice is rampant among the Austrin Bishops -- and in the Vatican.
(kreuz.net, Wien) The meeting between Austrian Bishops with the Roman Dicastries about the Old Liberal one man show "Pastor's Initiative" will have no "dramatic consequences".
This not so surprising information was played out by the Bishops to the anti-Church Vienna daily, 'Kurier'.
The Bishops haven't "received any homework from the Vatican".
The Old Liberal speaker of the Austrian Bishops Conference, Paul Wuthe, referred banally to the meeting as "working discussion, as it regularly appears."
From This The Vatican Hasn't Learned the Truth
The journalist Guido Horst awoke in 'Die Tagespost' the impression, to know more. Actually his reports were also vague.
The discussion about 'Pastor's Initiative' have taken place on Monday afternoon.
Four Austrian Bishops met with the Prelates of the Secretary of State as well as the CDF, Bishops and Congregation for Clergy.
The members of the Austrian delegation in rome were Cardinal Christoph Schönborn von Vienna, Archbishop Alois Kothgasser of Salzburg, Bishop Klaus Küng of St Pölten und Bishop Egon Kapellari von Graz-Seckau.
Horst believes that for the Pope and the Curia the moment has come to cease "merely observing the break from Rome movement without decisive action."
The Vatican side of the meeting attempted, "through intentional and detailed questions to measure the weight of the threat of the Pastor resignation, if it were [allegedly] to result in a Church schism."
The Media Bosses Rule in the Church
Cardinal Schönborn doesn't want to do anything else but de-escalate -- says Horst.
The Prince of the Church hesitates to direct the taking of canonical steps.
A clarification could lead from a till now latent, to an open schism.
This is the fearful view that the Viennese Cardinal has portrayed for the Vatican.
Actually that is a bluff: Because you can't base a church with only with the media bosses and individual faithfuless clerical retirees.
Where is the concern?
A few voices in the Roman Curia would like that the Bishops not put up with the creeping schism any further, writes Horst.
The faithful need orientation, even if the clear words might mean that one loses a [nominal] part of the Church membership -- which one would lose in the long run anyway.
Even the Pope is concerned about the alleged rebellion of the media bosses in Austria.
One pushes his inaction to the next
Even Horst views the Curial Cardinal of Vienna as the problem.
One wants to avoid the impression that Rome will act against dissenters.
It would be easier to see, "if the competent bishops, that is, the pastors in the Alpine Republic of Austria, would effect a clarification among their priests."
Cardinal Schönborn, declares Horst, travels lightly back to his breakaway Archdiocese.
Because: "If the 'Pastors' Initiative' can be given an international reach, then the opportunity to portray it as a purely Austrian phenomenon will be lost."
"Then the Vatican will have to intervene at last."
But then, the "international reach" would be the same bluff as the fear of an alleged schism.
Link to kreuz.net...
Here's Austrian Independent, which writes, describing the dissident group's leader's attempt to go international and Cardinal Schönborn's response:
Schönborn said in several interviews that he was not denying the urgent need for reforms of the Church. However, the archbishop also spoke out against Schüller's suggestions which conservative representatives of the Church consider as radical propaganda.
They also accuse Schüller of trying to split the Church. Schüller said the Church was on the brink of breaking up indeed – because of its leaders’ unwillingness to react to significant developments in today’s society. Austrian Church officials did not confirm that the Preachers’ Initiative was spoken about in the Vatican on Monday. Newspapers report that the movement’s appeals were discussed indeed. Schüller said today he was not afraid of consequences over his actions.
The ex-Caritas Austria president announced: "I appreciate that the Worldwide Church starts thinking about our ideals. Maybe this was the start of something." Schüller said last week he planned to cooperate with priests abroad who shared his opinions. "We receive a lot of approval from Catholic reform movements all over the world," he said. The Probstdorf parish priest also criticised the Vatican for its conservative attitude. Schüller claimed it bore resemblance to an "absolutist monarchy". He added: "The Catholic Church must finally start taking its members seriously."
Photo: Markus Göstl
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