Post by iagosan on Mar 28, 2023 5:45:12 GMT
Picture of a pigs heart in a condom displayed in Austrian church.
An Austrian Bishop recently decided that it was appropriate to display the heart of a pig, partially enveloped by a condom, in Innsbruck hospital church. He apparently even managed to to shoehorn a reference to pictures of The Sacred Heart found in other sacred locations to add to the brew, when questioned. This understandably created anger among Catholic laity and was reported by faithful Catholic media outlets world wide. I have waited several weeks for an appropriate response from his superiors both locally and from the Vatican but I have seen no response from either.
The article below is an auto translation of the German language Kath.net which originally circulated the story world wide. A link to the original web page has been placed below the translation.
Please note, the article contains a photograph of the display
"Bishop Glettler of Innsbruck has the pig's heart picture hung in church
7. March 2023
Bishop Glettler continues to annoy devout Catholics and would like to see an oversized and repulsive pig heart as an "altar image" for the faithful in an Innsbruck church throughout Lent
Innsbruck ( kath.net/rn )
Bishop Hermann Glettler of Innsbruck, who, according to media reports, is Cardinal Schönborn's candidate for the new Archbishop of Vienna, continues to annoy his "art pictures" with massive believers in Tyrol. Catholics are particularly annoyed by a picture in the Innsbruck hospital church, which shows a real pig heart, enclosed by a narrow rubber band. With the picture, Glettler "enveloped" the high age. The entire Lent should remain suspended. In a statement by the diocese of Innsbruck, the controversial picture is seriously referred to as "work of art. We are then talking about "a touching eye-catcher". "It collects, exudes familiarity from – and irritates at the same time."With these words, the diocese of Innsbruck sells the picture and Glettler then explains: "The image and space-determining heart in the hospital church is of course not a heart-Jesu picture. But it can make us aware that we have got used to the many Sacred Heart portraits in Tyrol and therefore no longer perceive the beauty and deep meaning."
Incidentally, Glettler also had supposed "art pictures" put up in other churches in the Innsbruck area. In Innsbruck Cathedral, for example, he had the controversial "artist" Christian Eisenberger set up a pyramid made up of three oversized machine guns that protrude seven meters into the church interior. There is also a "shepherd's stick" in the sanctuary made of egg shells.
Glettler is particularly gay-friendly in the church and always clearly expresses this in the speech. In 2022 he presented the picture of a LGBT activist in Innsbruck as a fasting cloth for the university church and later defended the obvious annoyance. The Innsbruck bishop also showed solidarity with the group 'Fridays for Future', who repeatedly rush against Israel. Glettler also spoke out particularly clearly for a vaccination requirement in Austria. He received the bill in 2022. In 2021 he had the highest number of church exits in Austria.
"He said to them: The scripture says: My house should be a house of prayer. But you made a robber's cave out of it." ( Lk 19.46 ) "
kath.net/news/80996
An Austrian Bishop recently decided that it was appropriate to display the heart of a pig, partially enveloped by a condom, in Innsbruck hospital church. He apparently even managed to to shoehorn a reference to pictures of The Sacred Heart found in other sacred locations to add to the brew, when questioned. This understandably created anger among Catholic laity and was reported by faithful Catholic media outlets world wide. I have waited several weeks for an appropriate response from his superiors both locally and from the Vatican but I have seen no response from either.
The article below is an auto translation of the German language Kath.net which originally circulated the story world wide. A link to the original web page has been placed below the translation.
Please note, the article contains a photograph of the display
"Bishop Glettler of Innsbruck has the pig's heart picture hung in church
7. March 2023
Bishop Glettler continues to annoy devout Catholics and would like to see an oversized and repulsive pig heart as an "altar image" for the faithful in an Innsbruck church throughout Lent
Innsbruck ( kath.net/rn )
Bishop Hermann Glettler of Innsbruck, who, according to media reports, is Cardinal Schönborn's candidate for the new Archbishop of Vienna, continues to annoy his "art pictures" with massive believers in Tyrol. Catholics are particularly annoyed by a picture in the Innsbruck hospital church, which shows a real pig heart, enclosed by a narrow rubber band. With the picture, Glettler "enveloped" the high age. The entire Lent should remain suspended. In a statement by the diocese of Innsbruck, the controversial picture is seriously referred to as "work of art. We are then talking about "a touching eye-catcher". "It collects, exudes familiarity from – and irritates at the same time."With these words, the diocese of Innsbruck sells the picture and Glettler then explains: "The image and space-determining heart in the hospital church is of course not a heart-Jesu picture. But it can make us aware that we have got used to the many Sacred Heart portraits in Tyrol and therefore no longer perceive the beauty and deep meaning."
Incidentally, Glettler also had supposed "art pictures" put up in other churches in the Innsbruck area. In Innsbruck Cathedral, for example, he had the controversial "artist" Christian Eisenberger set up a pyramid made up of three oversized machine guns that protrude seven meters into the church interior. There is also a "shepherd's stick" in the sanctuary made of egg shells.
Glettler is particularly gay-friendly in the church and always clearly expresses this in the speech. In 2022 he presented the picture of a LGBT activist in Innsbruck as a fasting cloth for the university church and later defended the obvious annoyance. The Innsbruck bishop also showed solidarity with the group 'Fridays for Future', who repeatedly rush against Israel. Glettler also spoke out particularly clearly for a vaccination requirement in Austria. He received the bill in 2022. In 2021 he had the highest number of church exits in Austria.
"He said to them: The scripture says: My house should be a house of prayer. But you made a robber's cave out of it." ( Lk 19.46 ) "
kath.net/news/80996