Posted by: 90sRetroFan
« on: Today at 05:45:56 pm »And another:
https://rmx.news/article/afd-lawmaker-expelled-from-catholic-church-committee-board-after-refusing-to-recant-on-his-party-membership/
Thank you!
Schaufert also looks like what we would expect:
https://rmx.news/article/afd-lawmaker-expelled-from-catholic-church-committee-board-after-refusing-to-recant-on-his-party-membership/
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Christoph Schaufert, an MP representing the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the Saarland state parliament, is a devout Roman Catholic and had sat on the administrative board of the parish of St. Marien in Neunkirchen as an honorary elected member.
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However, a minority of the congregation and some members of the parish’s board expressed opposition to his continued involvement in the church on account of his AfD membership and filed a complaint.
The complainants cited a declaration passed by the German Bishops’ Conference at its general assembly in February, which held that “ethnic nationalism and Christianity are incompatible.” It explicitly referenced the AfD as a “right-wing extremist” party and ruled members of organizations advocating such a political ideology cannot have a home in the Catholic Church.
On Wednesday, Vicar General Ulrich von Plettenberg revealed he had spoken to Schaufert regarding the complaint and, as the lawmaker refused to recant on his political allegiance to the AfD, decided to approve the removal of the politician from the committee’s board.
Thank you!
Schaufert also looks like what we would expect: