About God and the world – there is hardly anyone in Carinthia who can talk about this better than with the diocesan Bishop Josef Marketz. In the “Krone” studio he spoke with editor-in-chief Hannes Mößlacher about his daily life, prayers, encounters and hopes. But also about celibacy, ChatGPT and a dead horse…
“When I’m walking around town and someone says ‘Mr. Bishop’, then I know they mean me. That is enough,” the Catholic shepherd from Carinthia explains right at the beginning. And when asked what drives him personally: “It’s very simple: I love people and want to do good for them.”
Like the people from Klagenfurt Eggerheim, a refuge for the homeless. Josef Marketz has a special bond with them since his time as Caritas director; especially to Leo, who calls himself the ‘mayor’ of Eggerheim: ‘Because he is noisy’, the bishop laughs: ‘Yes. I agree with Pope Francis when he says: you must also have someone who is poor as a friend. Like Leo.”
And then in the podcast he talks about his encounters with the man who was also guest of honor at the ordination of a bishop. How he appears next to him in the supermarket, how they then walk together for a while until he notices that he is still pushing the cart; as usual Leo…
Source: Krone
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