Serious sacrilege by the bishop


Pig's Heart and Crosier Made of Eggshells

During Lent, Innsbruck Bishop Hermann Glettler, known for his decadent tastes, has covered the high altar of the local hospital church with an image of a pig's heart surrounded by a rubber band.

The obviously emotionally shattered diocese of Innsbruck calls the picture a "touching eye-catcher", which recollects [sic!], radiates “intimacy" [sic!], and irritates at the same time.

In his cathedral, Glettler shows a seven-metre-high pyramid of machine guns. In the sanctuary is a “crosier" made of eggshells. 

According to media reports, Glettler is Cardinal Schönborn's favourite successor as Vienna Archbishop.


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