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Several bishops have signed a letter against the crown restrictions containing crude theories about a supposed world government. The German Episcopal Conference evaluates the situation differently.
The German Episcopal Conference has clearly distanced itself from a letter against the restrictions of the crown, which has also been signed by several bishops. “The German Episcopal Conference generally does not comment on calls from individual bishops outside of Germany. However, it would add that the evaluation of the crown pandemic by the German Episcopal Conference is fundamentally different from the call published yesterday,” said the President of the German Episcopal Conference, Georg Bätzing, who German Press Agency.
Corona’s measures are harshly criticized in the letter entitled “An appeal to the Church and to the world: to Catholics and to all people of good will.” “It is a fact that under the pretext of the Covid 19 epidemic, the inalienable rights of citizens have been violated in many cases and their fundamental freedoms have been disproportionately and unjustifiably restricted, including the right to freedom of religion, freedom of expression and freedom of movement, “he said.
“Start creating a world government”
And furthermore: there are reasons to believe that “there are forces interested in causing panic among the population.” In this way, they wanted to permanently impose “unacceptable forms of restrictions on freedom and the associated control over people and the monitoring of all their movements.” “These illiberal attempts at governance are a worrying start to creating a world government that is out of control.” In doing so, they are adopting a widely spread conspiracy theory.
The appeal is an initiative of the former papal ambassador to the United States, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano. In addition to other Catholic clerics, the signers include German Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller, who was prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 2012 to 2017. Müller had also recently spoken out against the prohibitions of worship in the crown pandemic. In February, Müller compared the decision-making process for the Catholic Church’s Synodal Path to the National Socialists’ Enabling Law, which sparked outrage.
