Msgr. Stuart Swetland, call your office: Cardinal Schönborn needs to be scourged, mocked and excommunicated. But even the worthy cardinal doesn’t see what is before his eyes: “Schönborn explained that his sermon was not calling to defend Europeans against the refugees.” Despite the manifest reality of jihad (such as several of the Paris attackers of November 2015) entering Europe among the refugees, he is still counseling passivity. Perhaps that will spare him a scolding from Pope Francis.
“Muslims want ‘Islamic conquest of Europe,’ Austrian cardinal says,” RT, September 14, 2016:
Many Muslims would be glad to see Europe conquered by Islam, an Austrian cardinal and leading future candidate for the papacy said. He also warned that the Christian heritage of Europe risked disappearing, with the statements raising much controversy online.
“Will there now be a third Islamic attempt to conquer Europe? Many Muslims think that and want that, and they say ‘Europe is at the end,’” Cardinal Christoph Schönborn said, as cited by the Archdiocese of Vienna.
He was speaking during the church festival “Holy Name of Mary.” The holiday commemorated the victory over the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vienna in 1683.
He asked God to have mercy on Europe as people of Europe “are in danger of forfeiting our Christian heritage.”
“And now we wonder what Europe will look like… [Europe’s Christian heritage] is already being felt as missing [by many people]. Not only economically… but above all human and religious matters.”
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“What will become of Europe?” the cardinal asked.
People on social media seem to be agreeing with Schönborn’s statement.
“[We should] live , [according to]the Catholic faith, [it is] exactly what Europe needs,” @trillarion user wrote.
“No churches, but mosques… Islam [brings] nothing good of humanity, but oppression,” one Facebook user wrote.
However, there were those who believe that the cardinal’s statement would fuel tensions between Christians and Muslims even more.
“The difference between the vast number of peaceful Muslims and radical Islamists is not yet clear. Our right-wing populists are happy about this sermon. Sad,” one more user wrote.
Some angry readers asked the cardinal to clarify the notion “Islamic conquest” of Europe. In his Facebook post, Schönborn explained that his sermon was not calling to defend Europeans against the refugees.
“The chance of a Christian revival of Europe is with us, he said, urging to reflect on the Christ’s word and spread it to “everyone, even strangers.”…