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Dipl.-Vw. Dr. Ludwig Steiner

Spiritual identity important in South Tyrol
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But of course - the church was in South Tyrol in part the crucial support for the South Tyrolean identity for years. This is of course linked with the fact that even in North Tyrol .. much tourism or mountain climbing is so much also been developed by Catholic priests, and the cooperative movement, and so on, do not. So, the priests were very close to the needs of the population. Of course, at least - so maybe not in the city, but at any rate in the country because many of these ideas throughout the cooperative, and so on are of course always worn by priests who have just put together in her village with the farmers, .. different things. .. In South Tyrol was but .. then of course the question of how to behave at the Curia of the option? This was also a very questionable thing, on the other side - I mean, the current bishop, who is of course on cooperation with all, who is also the bishop for the Italians, as the Governor for the rest of South Tyrol is responsible, so these are always things that are obviously very difficult. But then that's just a question of how someone successful in this discussion or these divergent interests and needs. I was again and again when I went with Allied journalists to South Tyrol, always the Bishop of Brixen for lunch, which we then said, of the vine over there, this and this wine is today and so that was quite interesting because once a French captain was with, the press officer, and then said suddenly, in parting: "And I would now, Your Excellency, still a big request: If you want to give me Episcopal blessing?" and has knelt to the Bishop's blessing. So that was quite a strange end of a discussion. The bishop Geisler has a very clear language that is clear and it said that this was for me has always been good and useful that we've taken these journalists there. He explained, above all, the whole school system of before and said what it was all possible, and the question of the tombstones and name changes and so on.