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MUSLIMS want to eradicate Christianity and conquer Europe - the Catholic cardinal tipped to be the next POPE has incredibly claimed. Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn gave the unexpected warning on Sunday during a special celebration for the Church festival "Holy Name of Mary". According to the Archdiocese of Vienna, the Cardinal said: "Will there be an Islamic conquest of Europe? Many Muslims want that and say: Europe is at its end." He asked God to have mercy on Europe and to show mercy to its people, which he said "are in danger of forfeiting our Christian heritage." Cardinal Schoenborn, who...

The old Liberal Cardinal of Vienna is promoting an old Liberal Church functionary, who is associated with the anti-Church group "We Are Church". The anti-Catholic media bosses will praise her. (kreuz.net, Wien)Today on the feast of the Immaculate Conception, Christoph Cardinal Schönborn of Vienna has made some of his personal decisions known. The old Liberal Vienna Regent, Secular Priest Nikolaus Krasa will be the new General Vicar. Fr. Krasa is a passionate mountain climber. [sounds dangerous]

Is the Linz Auxiliary Bishop on the Way? Editor: considering the Vienna Cardinal's earlier attack against Pope Benedict's choice for auxiliary Bishop of the scandal Diocese of Linz, it might not be hard to see how Pope Benedict regards this situation, considering the embarrassment the Linz Bishop faces, lying to the press about the fact that Rome refuses to acknowledge any of his choices. http://eponymousflower.blogspot.com/2010/11/is-linz-auxiliary-bishop-on-way.html

Cardinal Schoenborn on "ad orientem" & "versus populum" From the good people of Kath.net, a great Austrian Catholic site comes this statement from Vienna's Cardinal Archbishop Schoenborn. The group "We are church" (roughly the equivalent of Call to Action, VOTF and such) had criticized the Archbishop's permission to the Viennese parish St. Rochus to use the original, Baroque, high altar instead of the "people's altar". The group said it meant making Mass using the high altar equal with Mass using the "people's altar" and called on Catholics to not attend Latin Masses because it constituted "a step backwards, to before...