Martin Mosebach at the German Catholic Conference

On Sunday, the latest German “ Katholikentag” in Osnabrueck ended. This event once more demonstrated the spiritual and moral bankruptcy of the Catholic Church in Germany. The agenda concentrated overwhelmingly on the secular establishment’s political and ideological concerns: feminism, ecology, immigration, pop psychology, dialogue with Moslems and Jews etc. The organizers’ views on such topics also hardly differ at all from those of the progressive media. The titles of some of the panels and events from the section “Women and Men” are indicative of the atmosphere that prevailed in Osnabrueck:
“ Lesbian – so what?”;
“ Fotoshooting (sic) : The Modern Sebastian” (a workshop for men) ( “The image of the early Christian Martyr has evolved from that of a faithful patron against the plague to a symbol with many meanings.”);
“All Men are not the Same – Conversations among Homo- and Heterosexual Men”.

One would have thought that the Katholikentag would have paid special attention to the Motu Proprio – after all, the German bishops had campaigned so assiduously against it and have been so united in blocking its application. But no – I can find only two panels scheduled that even touch this topic. The title of the first, “Latin: Ordinary or Extraordinary – the struggle for the Language and Rite of our Liturgy” might lead one to conclude that no relevant authority existed on the subject of the “struggle.” The second was the “Streitgespraech” ( polemical debate) “Has the Liturgy lost its Form?” between Hans Maier (professional lay Catholic and former politician) and Tradition’s own Martin Mosebach. Now Mr. Mosebach may have represented a distinct minority but the effect was all out of proportion to the number represented. The organizer of the conference cited this session as one of the highlights of the Katholikentag and now even the ever-obsequious Fr. Eberhard von Gemmingen has specifically commended for Radio Vatican this very high-level panel discussion. Congratulations are in order for Martin Mosebach!

Of course, the question of the Traditional liturgy did come up in other panels – some reports indicate considerable frustration was vented at the revised Good Friday petition for the conversion(?) of the Jews. When we receive further information about the Katholikentag and Martin Mosebach’s panel we hope make it available here.