The two Catholic online portals continue to go their separate ways. The report of a merger that kath.ch published on Monday at 2 p.m. was an April Fool’s joke. This was sometimes well received, sometimes clumsy, sometimes even as “actually Catholic normality”.
Regula Pfeifer
The April 1st joke was received differently by kath.ch readers. “Good April Fool’s joke,” wrote emeritus community leader Monika Schmid on the kath.ch Facebook page. Jakob Scheidegger also found: “We can no longer get cruder April Fools’ jokes.”
Andrea Erkel corrected kath.ch’s self-praise: “Historic April 1st????” she wrote, followed by two laughter emojis. Hardly anyone would meet for such an exchange on an evening after work, she adds with a contemptuous “Tztz kath.ch…”.
Kon-Fusion mit Hase
Some spread the merger story further. So Abbot Urban Federer offered to support the aforementioned joint dinner. Lenz Faber commented on the story with “Kon-Fusion” and added a picture showing the Bishop Emeritus of Vaduz, Wolfgang Haas, and an Easter bunny.
Others took the matter as an opportunity to plead for unity within Catholics: “What is meant here as an April Fool’s joke would actually be Catholic normality,” writes Heinz Meier. “With a little decency and tolerance, the poles of opinion could present themselves more credibly as believers in God and forget about the blows below the belt.”
Treat one another in an Easter-brotherly manner
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“Abuse in the church – the tip of the iceberg”: cartoon by Caro Rutz
The nun Johanna Jessica adds: “That moment when you hope that an April Fool’s joke isn’t an April Fool’s joke, but that Christian siblings could/would/should actually treat each other in an Easter-brotherly way…”
Daniela Di Luzio also found a merger a “good idea… stay in balance, centered, grounded, neither far left nor far right…” Hansjörg Grolimund contradicted this: “Unfortunately, such caricatures will no longer be published, it’s a shame if everything then goes in that direction conservative and backward contributions are possible.” He also posted a picture of the abuse cartoon that kath.ch recently reported on.
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