Cardinal Schönborn: Compassion as a ray of hope in the crisis year 2024!
Cardinal Schönborn: Compassion as a ray of hope in the crisis year 2024!
In his emotional New Year's Eve, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn spoke about the great uncertainty and the challenges that have shaped the past year. The Archbishop of Vienna emphasized that the upcoming turn of the year is burdened by many worries, especially with regard to the Ukraine War and the ongoing coalition negotiations in Austria. "Rarely was a turn of the year associated with as much uncertainty as this year," he said worried. In the middle of this problem, Schönborn called for people not to lose trust in the future and recalled the words of psychotherapist Victor Frankl, who said in the face of suffering and crisis: "Nevertheless say yes to life" href = "https://www.ots.at/presseaus-sung/ots_20241231_ots0018/schoenborn-in-silvester-trotz-allem-bellen-in-zukunts-barcall to compassion and solidarity
The cardinal also appealed to the sympathy of the Austrians and was optimistic that the "groundwater level of compassion" in the country did not absorb. "We can, the language of compassion, it is innate to us," said Schönborn. However, he warned of the increase in hate postings and the stigmatization of people who rely on government support. Despite these worries, he is convinced that the many positive initiatives in civil society and in the churches offer a solid basis for sympathy and cohesion, such as .
Schönborn, who will be 80 years old on January 22nd and celebrates his farewell as an archbishop of Vienna on January 18, becomes clear at the end of his speech in his moving appeal: "We can consciously decide to be a bridge builder of peace."
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