In the The ORF program “Licht ins Dunkel” appealed to Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen and the Catholic Cardinal Christoph Schönborn to focus on togetherness.
“It’s Christmas, so one tries to do what separates them the To let the door “said By the Dial. He especially envy in the Pandemic neither a politician nor a politician having to make decisions every day without knowing exactly what consequences they will have. “But you have to live with that.” And although Corona and the new Omikron variant now dominate politics and the media, all other topics, such as care, refugees or the climate crisis “will not go away because of this,” said the Federal President.
Schönborn reported that in his talks with top politicians over the past few days, the focus was on “togetherness”. the Cardinal complained that the greater the crisis, the greater the tensions and conflicts. “But this is not the Austrian way, “emphasized Schönborn.” Our country must stick together. “Everyone would have to take steps towards one another, said the Cardinal as a Christmas message. As a means of doing this, Schönborn suggested three words propagated by Pope Francis: Please, thank you, forgive. These three words say what it is all about in order to be able to live well together, said Schönborn.
Also the president the Islamic Faith Community in Austria (IGGiÖ), Ümit Vural, appealed to stick together more, to talk to each other and to focus on what unites. For the president the Buddhist religious society, Gerhard Weißgrab, is also what we have in common, togetherness, the Dialog is the most important thing. “It doesn’t work without that.”
Also the Vienna Mayor Michael Ludwig (SPÖ) expressed the desire to hold the party and generation boundaries together.
Source: Nachrichten
