The papal benediction for Ferrari + Austria: Catholic church in shrinking + archbishop kidnaps + „day of the Judentums “in Austria + wrong „Priesterin “with panel discussion in Pfarrei of the Diözese Linz

The papal benediction for Ferrari

Vatikan. On Monday the holy father received Michael Schumacher, Rubens Barrichello, Ferrari boss Luca Cordero di Montezemolo as well as approximately 90 further technicians and managers of the Ferrari team with an audience in the Vatikan. In his greeting to the present ones the Pope praised sporty successes and the team spirit of the group of Ferraris. Subsequently, the Ferrari boss Pope Johannes Paul II. presented a reduced model formula of the 1-Rennwagens, with which Schumacher had fought for the world champion title in the last year to the seventh mark. Cordero di Montezemolo stressed in its speech that the holy father on „the road of the humanity is in the poles position “. World champion Michael Schumacher called his second meeting with the Pope „singular moment “. Particularly was pleased Rubens Barrichello, which requested from the Pontifex for its family photos the benedictions.

Austria: Catholic church in shrinking

Austria. With nearly 45,000 church withdrawals Austria registered last year a past record value with the number of humans, who loose-said themselves of the church officially and usually because of the church tax. In particular in the summer months, after becoming known the incidents in the seminar for priests pc. Pölten, the church withdrawals substantial rose. The Federal state with most church withdrawals was the castle country. It registered a rise of 40,7 per cent in the comparison to the previous year. Closely the castle country of Vorarlberg with a rise of 39,5 per cent had followed. From the Diözese pc. Pölten are present so far still no exact numbers. The church withdrawals of the yearly 2004 exceeded scarcely the past maximum value of the yearly 1995. At that time continuous medium reproaches caused the Viennese archbishop Hans Hermann cardinal Groer because of sexual failure to the resignation.

Archbishop kidnaps

Iraq. On Monday the catholic archbishop Syrian rite, Basile Georges Casmousa (66) was kidnapped, in the northIraqi city Mossul. Armed men are to have forced and afterwards kidnap archbishop Casmousa before its church into a car. In a statement Vatikan speaker Joaquin Navarro Valls condemned kidnapping as act of terror and demanded the immediate release of the archbishop.

„Day of the Judentums “in Austria

Austria. The catholic church of Austria committed „the day of the Judentums on 17 January “. This event of the bishops of the country consciously on this date, as it were as prelude to „the prayer week for the unit of the Christians “, one put. The Viennese bishop Helmut Krätzl expressed itself in addition in the church newspaper of the Erzdiözese Vienna „Sunday “and expressed themselves against „the shameful anti-Semitism “. This „would have to be finally exterminated “. The bishop suggested concretely carrying „the day of the Judentums “strengthened to the public and engaging themselves by the care of Jewish cemeteries as well as by public statements against the anti-Semitism.

Wrong „Priesterin “with panel discussion in Pfarrei of the Diözese Linz

Austria. The alleged „Priesterin “Mrs. Christine Mayr Lumetzberger was invited to a meeting of the Pfarrei Timelkam into the Diözese Linz. This concerns a panel discussion, which on 19 January 2005 in the context of the catholic education work to the topic „future of the church - a church without priests “to take place is. Mrs. Lumetzberger is a sloping Katholikin. It in the year 2002 with one of the media strongly published „priest-interiordedicate “on a Danube ship ordiniert. The ceremony was held from a south American, who pretends as a bishop, but when such of the church is not appreciative. The Pfarrei Timelkam is led by the Salesianern Don Boscos. The present minister is Pater Franz knee water. Timelkam is a locality between Linz and Salzburg.

GerdEric: The papal benediction for Ferrari

and Jesus rode on a donkey…

Bruno Maria Schulz: 45,000 church withdrawals

if the people would have instead of church tax - in all countries where church tax is levied - a equivalent high amount for social to deliver, would withdraw by far less.
With many it is only one question „of the Geiz is geil “- because church them is wurscht.
Occurrences of kind mentioned are very more welcome „reason “.

After entering their final life, they experienced to despise which it is called, which from Christ created church - the their would have been, it with would have worked; at least by Obolus.