VIENNA, Austria, November 29, 2019 (LifeSiteNews)
― A group of Catholics headed by the young Austrian who threw
"Pachamama" idols in the Tiber river will pray the rosary outside
Vienna’s Catholic cathedral tomorrow in reparation for a pro-LBGT
concert that will be held within.
Alexander Tschugguel, one of the founders of the St. Boniface Institute,
has announced that the group will hold a rosary tomorrow night outside
St. Stephen’s Cathedral, the mother church of the Archdiocese of
Vienna.
"On Saturday, November 30th, that is, tomorrow, we will gather at
22:15 in front of St. Stephen's Cathedral to pray a rosary for all the
people who are attending an event unacceptable to us Catholics inside
the Cathedral,” Tschugguel wrote on Facebook this afternoon.
"'Believe Together' is part of a series of events organized by Gery Keszler and his association ‘LIFE +’,” he continued.
“Among other things, Thomas Neuwirth [aka drag queen ‘Conchita
Wurst’] will perform under his new pseudonym ‘WURST’ and sing in the
cathedral itself.”
Tschugguel told LifeSiteNews that he isn’t worried about being
attacked by the audience or being charged with trespassing as the group
will be outside the cathedral in the Stephansplatz (cathedral square).
Anyone entering the Cathedral on Saturday evening will have to buy a
ticket, which also rankles the St. Boniface Institute: they are opposed
to people having to pay to visit the Cathedral.
The young married layman said that St. Stephan’s Cathedral is very important to him personally.
“When I go into the city and I pass the Cathedral, I often go inside
and pray there because there is a wonderful Hungarian pilgrimage picture
[the Máriapócs icon] on the right-hand side,” he said.
“On the right side there is also a chapel where you can go at any
time for Adoration, and a confession area which is always filled with
priests, very good priests, to hear confessions.”
Tschugguel explained that the Cathedral is a “wonderful place to
pray” also because tourists are kept to a small area, leaving the rest
of the building free for those who appreciate it for its sacred role.
“It is terrible and a shame that things like this event ‘Believe
Together’ can happen in our cathedral, and we will pray for the people
who go inside to see and join this happening, “ he said.
The St. Boniface Institute will be live streaming the rosary.
This will be Tschugguel’s second public action against the
desecration of Catholic churches by profane events permitted by Catholic
clergy. In October, idols
representing the Andean goddess Pachamama were used in ceremonies
before and during the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazonian Region in
Rome. Tschugguel visited Rome and saw the idols enshrined in the
Carmelite Church of Santa Maria in Traspontina. He later returned with a
friend to remove the profane statuettes and cast them into the Tiber.
Reaction to Tschugguel’s action was mixed, with some pundits accusing him of racism and others, including such prelates
as Cardinal Gerhard Müller, Cardinal Walter Brandmüller, Cardinal Jorge
Urosa Savino, Bishop José Luis Azcona Hermoso, Bishop Marian Eleganti,
and Bishop Athanasius Schneider, offering him high praise. Archbishop
Carlo Maria Viganò called Tschugguel “a hero.”
Tomorrow’s event in St. Stephen’s Cathedral is the third time
Vienna’s Cardinal Archbishop has allowed the pro-LGBT “LIFE+”
association to use the church as a venue for the World AIDS Day charity concert that will take place on Saturday, Nov. 30.
The event last year,
which Cardinal Schönborn attended, featured a shirtless actor known for
playing homosexual roles standing on the altar rail, loud rock and
electronic music, and actors dressed as demons.
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