Kickl Wants to Talk to Archbishop Lackner After Criticism

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Salzburg archbishop Franz Lackner warned that "religion is politically taken and instrumentalized. Kickl wants to exchange ideas with Lackner.

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Herbert Kickl polarized with his statements at the Party Congress of the Liberals in Salzburg. The FPÖ leader used his speech with Apostle Paul on the weekend. However, in a first reaction the Church does not like to see itself as a political tool. The chairman of the Austrian Bishops' Conference, the Salzburg Archbishop Franz Lackner, warned on Monday that "religion is politically captured and instrumentalized.

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Franz Lackner, President of the Episcopal Conference, warns against party political instrumentalization of religion

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Not for the first time does the FPÖ play with Christian quotations and symbols – Archbishop Franz Lackner accuses her of instrumentalization.

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Austria's supreme bishop warns against party political acceptance of the faith. FPÖ boss Kickl reminds the church of its own failures.

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Archbishop Lackner criticises the Kickl speech at the Party Congress. The FPÖ leader now wants to look for a conversation with the president of the Bishops' Conference.