Protests in German Diocese against Bishop Barron's political and religious extremism
Diocesan Committee Criticizes Awarding of Josef Pieper Prize to US Bishop Barron
From the website of the Josef Pieper Foundation
"The Josef Pieper Prize is awarded every five years for exemplary publications and works on the Christian view of humanity that meet academic standards and deserve broad interest due to their linguistic design."
Pieper was a fabulous author and Thomist who regretted his early philosophical sympathies with Nazi social policy as the true horrors of its implementation were revealed.
The restoration of man’s inner eyes can hardly be expected in this day and age — unless, first of all, one were willing and determined simply to exclude from one’s realm of life all those inane and contrived but titillating illusions incessantly generated by the entertainment industry.
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Si mundus vos odit, scitote quia me priorem vobis odio habuit.
The Diocesan Committee in the Diocese of Münster emphasizes its commitment to the freedom and protection of human beings and their "inviolable and inalienable dignity given by God." For this reason, it opposes all forms of intolerance and "political or religious extremism." Markus Gutfleisch emphasized this stance at the Diocesan Committee's spring plenary meeting at the Franz Hitze Haus Academy in Münster when he commented on the controversial award ceremony of the Josef Pieper Foundation to US Bishop Robert Barron. The Bishop of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester in Minnesota will receive the Josef Pieper Prize on July 27 from the foundation named after the German philosopher in Münster.
Barron has repeatedly made anti-queer statements and supports US President Donald Trump's policies against trans people. "I expect there will be protests surrounding the award ceremony," said Gutfleisch, who is a member of the plenary assembly as an expert. He asked how the Diocesan Committee intends to respond.
Chairman Ulrich Vollmer reported that since the award winner was announced, there have been "concerned and quite critical inquiries from the member associations of the Diocesan Committee." A letter from the chairwoman to the foundation's board of directors was already sent at the end of March, to which there has been no response yet. "In it, we expressed our opposition to the award to Bishop Barron, as it contradicts our values," Vollmer emphasized.
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Markus Gutfleisch- see above, born in 1966, lives in Recklinghausen. The qualified social worker is press spokesman for the Ecumenical Working Group Homosexuals and the Church (HuK). According to the organisation's statutes, the HuK is "a free association of men and women who take a critical and constructive look at homosexuality and the church". Gutfleisch has been involved in the organisation in a variety of ways since 1989. His main job is in an addiction counselling centre. Gutfleisch began studying Catholic theology, but dropped out after coming out.
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