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Small-minded Provincial Catholicism Celebrates its Resurrection
The Eponymous Flower ^ | 10/02/2010 | Tancred

Posted on 10/03/2010 12:27:22 AM PDT by 0beron

First the old liberal fat cats set an Anti-Catholic revolution loose. Then they complain that they have been lumped in with the revolution.

[kreuz.net, Chur] Bishop Vitus Huonder (68) of Chur has been canonically, practically driven out of half of his diocese by non-designated community consultants.

For the notorious church-hate journalist Michael Meier there is no reason to raise the hue and cry in the Zurich regional paper 'Tagesanzeiger'.

Behind the decision there is a yearlong battle between the Zurich State-Church, which controls the Church-Tax, and the Bishop of Chur.

The battle escalated, as the Church-Tax Board adopted an Anti-Catholic church measure.

(Excerpt) Read more at eponymousflower.blogspot.com ...


TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events; Ministry/Outreach; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: democracy; laicization; liberalism; switzerland

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