Three days after the murder of a Graz High School with ten fatalities, representatives from the church and politics came to the St. St. St. Cathedral of Vienna on Thursday evening. The manager of the Archdiocese of Vienna, Josef Grünwidl, gave the words of welcome.
The state subsidies ended today after the One -Hour Trade Fair, “but the wounds, the terrible murder […] Rained, “said Grünwidl in the beginning shortly after 6 pm.
“What happened in Graz on Tuesday morning shifts the whole of Austria and caused horror far beyond the boundaries of our country,” said the Archdiocese manager. But God was “to bring a light of hope in our darkness,” said it. Federal President Alexander van der Bellen then lit the first candle for the victims of the murderous Spree and their relatives.
Federal president illuminates the first candle
The conference of the Austrian bishops invited to coordination with the federal government for the service. The Archbishop Franz Lackner of Salzburg will retain the over -confessional service. In addition to political leaders such as the federal president Van der Bellen and Chancellor Christian Stocker (ÖVP), representatives of ecumenism and other religions also participate.
Also high -representatives of the security device, such as the general director of public safety, Franz RUF and the styric state police director Gerald Ortner. The three -day state subsidies were announced by the federal government on Tuesday as a result of the murder storage in Graz.
Source: Krone
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