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religious peace with the Nazis. The attempt has failed. Cardinal Innitzer is now in line with his German brothers, openly urging Catholics to resist anti-Catholic measures. Nazi mobs have penetrated into the Archbishop's Palace on St. Stephen's Square in Vienna and have demolished part of the furniture. Other furniture, as well as files and documents were thrown through the windows and set on fire. Hostile cries like "down with the clergy," "send the Cardinal into a concentration camp," "traitor bishop" and so on were heard.
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children not receiving Communion, absolution in confession, or religious instruction at school. Seminaries were closing, and only one sixth of Catholics attended Holy Mass. The report understood this as indirect criticism of the National Socialist government, since their measures had suppressed the church's influence.
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In October 1944, Innitzer preached in the parish of Vienna-Reindorf, which also included members of the NSDAP local group who listened and wrote a report about it. They reported that Innitzer attributed the war to God directly; he saw it as a punishment for lukewarm participation in church life:
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The invasion was a reply to a courageous sermon the Cardinal had preached in the Cathedral earlier in the evening, in which the Cardinal told his packed congregation that "in the last few months, you have lost everything!' This sermon marked the end of Cardinal Innitzer's attempt to establish a
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Wilhelm Innitzer in Vejprty, later a textile factory worker, and his wife Maria born Seidl, daughter of a mining clerk. After completing the minimum mandatory school, Innitzer became an apprentice in a
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of Vienna for 7 October 1938, which was attended by almost 9,000 people, mostly young people. In the sermon, Innitzer declared that "we must confess our faith in our
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Innitzer's role in early 20th century Austrian history remains disputed because of his involvement in politics. Despite early support for the
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had recently broadcast a vehement denunciation of the Nazi action, and Cardinal Pacelli (soon to become
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of his home parish supported young Theodor, thus paving the way for him to attend higher schools (
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John the Baptist. Illustrated according to the scriptures and tradition by Theodor Innitzer.
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Innitzer's ambiguous relationship with the Nazi regime brought him a lot of criticism after
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1929 to 1930 Minister of Social Affairs in the third government of Chancellor
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Commentary on the Gospel of Healing Luke, excluding the story of suffering.
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He is risen! Pictures by Josef von Führich. Statement by Theodor Innitzer.
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Commentary on the Gospel of St. Mark, excluding the history of suffering.
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annually awards the Kardinal-Innitzer-Preis to scientists and scholars.
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Innitzer was born in Neugeschrei (Nové Zvolání), part of the town
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provided the following contemporary account on 14 October 1938:
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Catholic family work of the Archdiocese of Vienna, Vienna 1951.
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1911 to 1932 professor and (from 1913) chair for New Testament
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of the Catholic Church. He and the other Austrian Catholic
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Kardinal Dr. Theodor Innitzer und der Nationalsozialismus
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from 1934 to 1938, which based many of its economic and
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This assessment stems from his cooperation with the
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Innitzer
Cardinal
Archbishop of Vienna

Friedrich Gustav Piffl
Franz König
Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono
Enrico Sibilia
Pius XI
Kingdom of Bohemia
Austria-Hungary
Vienna
St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna
Roman Catholic
Theodor Innitzer's coat of arms
Archbishop of Vienna
cardinal of the Catholic Church
Weipert
Bohemia
Austria-Hungary
Czech Republic
passementier
textile factory
dean
Gymnasium
Kaaden

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