German archdiocese distances itself from controversial performance in cathedral

[Michie]

The performance was intended to be part of official celebrations marking the 1,250th anniversary of Westphalia. It featured a woman and a half-naked man wielding scythes followed by a second shirtless man who entered with a bowl full of plucked chickens wrapped in diapers.

The performers made the dead animals “walk” by their hands through the altar area while they sang “Fleisch ist Fleisch” (“Meat is meat”) to the tune of the 1984 pop song “Live is Life” by Austrian band Opus.

The official statement further noted that the cathedral had “frequently been the site of high-level cultural events in the past.”

Regarding the controversial performance, the archdiocese stated: “The specific content and design of this program segment was not known in advance to those responsible either on the organizers’ side or at the venue.” Looking ahead, the archdiocese announced: “We take the reactions to the performance very seriously and have already begun reviewing our internal procedures.”

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German archdiocese distances itself from controversial performance in cathedral

The Archdiocese of Paderborn in western Germany expressed regret that the staging had “hurt religious feelings” and has since initiated internal reviews.

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[Wolseley]

“The specific content and design of this program segment was not known in advance to those responsible either on the organizers’ side or at the venue.”

So, you just let anybody walk into your cathedral without checking out what they plan to do first?

 

[chevyontheriver]

“The specific content and design of this program segment was not known in advance to those responsible either on the organizers’ side or at the venue.”

So, you just let anybody walk into your cathedral without checking out what they plan to do first?

I'm sure they asked all of the necessary questions about whether there would be any Latin spoken or sung by anybody.

 

[Wolseley]

I'm sure they asked all of the necessary questions about whether there would be any Latin spoken or sung by anybody.

Oh, definitely---heaven knows, we can't have any of that!

 

[RileyG]

Ugh Lord have mercy

 

[Michie]

Paderborn Archbishop Sued after Dance with Chickens in Nappies at the High Altar

 

[RileyG]

Paderborn Archbishop Sued after Dance with Chickens in Nappies at the High Altar

SMH

 

[Michie]

Defiling Consecrated Ground

The recent desecration of a German cathedral with a bizarre dance routine involving semi-naked men juggling plucked chickens was all part of a wider modern pattern of treating consecrated ground as just an empty entertainment space rather than a sacred space.

crisismagazine.com

 

[Wolseley]

Defiling Consecrated Ground

The recent desecration of a German cathedral with a bizarre dance routine involving semi-naked men juggling plucked chickens was all part of a wider modern pattern of treating consecrated ground as just an empty entertainment space rather than a sacred space.

crisismagazine.com

That's been happening since Vatican II ended.....churches that were designed and built like warehouses, or water treatment facilities, or heaven knows what; if it doesn't look like a place of reverence and holiness, why would you feel like it's a place of reverence and holiness? Instead of a choir loft with a pipe organ and sacred music that has stood the test of centuries, you get a bandstand with drums and guitars, tambourines and kazoos, and The Electric Strawberry singing groovy songs circa 1965 á la Catholic Lite. Instead of inspiring sacred art, you get felt banners designed by 7-year-olds and postmodern statues that look like something from the production department of an alien movie.

What does all of this produce? Loss of the sacred. We all know this; it's not hard to figure out.