Long and revealing article with Cardinal Schönborn. Dark Night of Cardinal Schönborn's soul after Vatican II. Traditionalists have "a museum-like approach to tradition"
"I loved Switzerland" At the age of 30, Christoph Schönborn came to Switzerland in 1975 as a professor of dogmatic theology at the University of Fribourg. The future Archbishop of Vienna discusses the conflict he faced with students at the time, his theology, and his desire to shape church politics. What Swiss German word first comes to mind? "Cheibe." How did it come about that you started in Switzerland as a young professor? The faculty at the University of Fribourg asked me if I would be willing to take on a visiting professorship. They were looking for a professor of dogmatic theology. I was willing, and my superiors in my religious order also approved. So, at the age of 30, I began. At the time, I was the youngest professor at the university. In your homily at the Requiem Mass for Auxiliary Bishop Helmut Krätzl in 2023, you recounted that you had once told him: “Dear Helmut, when you speak about the period after the Council, I sometimes feel as if we lived in ...
