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| John Sweeney | Tuesday, 30. September 2008, 11:14 |
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There has been a drift away from Catholicism in Austria in recent years mostly attributed by experts to the usual traditional/liberal split and worsened by a couple of major sex scandals. Nevertheless, Austria is predominantly Catholic still and it is very alarming to see that this week's election has seen a major advance in the fortunes of 2 extreme right parties which conceivably could combine to produce a narrow majority and form the next Government. Fortunately this is unlikely because in true extrem right tradition the 2 leaders hate each other. How can people with such unChrisitian views attract so many votes from Catholics? Is it because the Church is less powerful now and unable to prevent this or are we to believe the critics who say that Catholic countries by their very nature have a far right element which bubbles to the surface every so often? Those who believe this can point to Italy as another country where this trend is apparent. John |
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