In Hamburg the present football fever seized also the there catholic Erzdiözese. But then those announced itself to Hamburg cultural authority. Of Johanna again.

(, Hamburg kreuz.net) the football fever raging at present caused so some curiosity in these days.

Thus the artist installed Michael Batz in the last weeks in Hamburg at office buildings, hotels and other buildings over one hundred „Blue Goals “than so-called art project to the world championship.

It is understandable that our fußballbegeisteter archbishop Werner Thissen would have decorated, his cathedral also gladly with in such a way one „Blue Goal “.


However one experienced to 21. May in `the new Kirchenzeitung' published by the archbishop 2006 that the office for monument protection made a line for the unjustified demand of the ore diocese by the calculation.

The authority forbade, „the Blue Goal to the ore diocese “- a particularly not impressing installation from blue Lighting tubes - to attach in airy height between the cathedral towers.

Reason of the press spokesman that Hamburg cultural authority:

„The Pietät does not permit it that prayer places serve as advertising surfaces for the soccer world championship. “

So „the Blue Goal had to take “before dear to set a modern metal sculpture in of the holy Ansgar on the cathedral free area.

The Erzdiözese resigned itself to this solution. Accordingly `the new Kirchenzeitung' showed the Dompropst Nestor Kuckhoff, which smiles with the Illumination of the work of art in a schnittigen blue two-heron with tie before it.

It is remarkable that the leading editor `of the new church newspaper, dipl. theol. Andreas Hüser, in its comment in the church newspaper the here available wrong world did not escape:

The urban authority worries itself around the holyness of the church, while the church worries about the marketing of the soccer world championship in Hamburg.

Further impulses to the world championship receive the believers in the ore diocese Hamburg by the booklet „to 90 minutes. Impacts of a fan “.

It was written from the archbishop to the world championship and is available for 4.90 euros in the book trade.

In the booklet the bent reader sees the archbishop with the table football and
experiences from the mouth of Franz Beckenbauer like it the football emperor with the receipt of the holy coming union holds in such a way.

Beckenbauer is surely competently in such questions, it nevertheless some days ago its Konkubine, with which it has already two children, in third marriage married.

It is fitting for the new „family “also liturgically much that the bride people 23 June 2006 - the high-strength from the holiest heart Jesu - when selected wedding day.

Original text:

„I am not Kirchgänger. The last mark war's with the European championship year in Lisbon, passed. I am with the heath walk gone and thereby a church visited.

There were a straight fair and the minister distributed the Oblaten. I imagined, employ you as a good Christian. And me the hand and I gives goes again, so ten meters.

There the minister me rushes afterwards, knocks me on the shoulder and makes the indication: Meal! “

Finally the archbishop from the own biography tells as it in the year 1966 as again-dedicated priests an important soccer game the punctual service start as a priest preferred.

Fortunately its superior minister was also a football fan.

SALOMON: Verallgemeinerung

Natural it is to be abused not correctly the church as advertising surface. Nevertheless am I the opinion that one can say nothing against the world championship and may, since this is a thing absolutely good in itself. One is not to state thus between the lines generalizing the world championship would be bad.

Sulpicius: Exactly

opposite the new minister also not its…

Exactly. Above all not, if it is angehaucht of „the spirit of the council “.

God hard: Final game 1966

I can understand that nevertheless absolutely that the young Kaplan Thissen came too late because of the final game of the WM 1966 into the first Kaplansstelle… soooooo importantly cannot on-time departure performance opposite the new minister also be…
I have the final game in Stockholm before the shop window of a television business as well as a catholic group of young people pursued…

_Ungläubig: @ Babylon

The church is always still advertising surface. Letztens still for H&M Bikinis.

To the text:
„the Blue Goal “- a particularly not impressing installation from blue

Well then the author drove however not yet at night by the city. Already very beautifully everything looks out.

Babylon †: @ Sünder: I hold it more with Kohelet,

my favourite book of the Bible. Simply, because no divine revealing is maintained there, but the author from itself as a philosopher speaks completely.

Kohelets sceptical-relating, nearly already nihilistic starting point I would recommend to you times. It is simply unbelievably „modern “. !:)

And there stands finally that this life somehow senselessly („wind breath “), but although a good thing is, afterwards comes the dark underworld.

„I praised the joy there; because there is no luck under the sun, it for humans is, it eats and drinks and is pleased. “(Koh 7,15)

That sounds nevertheless already many world-friendlier…

Peccator: @ Babylon and the archbishop

„Your ehebrechisch Gesinnten, know you not that the love for the world is enemy of God?

Who thus a friend of the world wants to be, makes itself enemy of God “(yak. 4.4).

Would you like to be, gentleman/Mrs. Babylon éin enemy of God? The freedom in addition gave you God. The consequences of your actions must answer for you then in addition, opposite HIM. Just like her friend, the archbishop.