It’s amazing Cardinal Schönborn was supposed to be Pope Benedict’s right hand man, and a disciple of his. In the last year, he’s gone off the deep end.
Like you, I too was stunned. I stumbled upon the following while googling his name. This was the processional at a mass in Austria. It was taken only 3 months ago!
Vienna "Cardinal" Christoph Schonborn and his hip, irreverent "Youth Masses (right, Schonborn hold orange balloon during "procession You really have to see this stuff to believe it - that anyone can call this God honoring is beyond the realm!
Check out the Ecumenical Vespers, in the Diocese of Linz.
Cdl. Schonborn is older than dirt. He’s probably getting real drifty by now, bless his heart. Yes, he should have junked the petition as a Gesture, but since he knows the recipient will trash it, same result.