{"id":2540,"date":"2018-02-28T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/news\/kirche-und-denokratie-in-oesterreich"},"modified":"2026-04-27T10:32:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T10:32:26","slug":"church-and-denocracy-in-austria","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/news\/kirche-und-denokratie-in-oesterreich","title":{"rendered":"Church and denocracy in Austria"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span>A learning process 1918-2018<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>On 27 February 2017, Cardinal Christoph Sch\u00f6nborn was a guest in the \"Democracy reloaded\" series curated by the philosopher.<br \/>Kardianl Sch\u00f6nborn looked back on a century of changeful co-operation between the Church and the democratic state in Austria. He looked at important historical stages, from the Church's reactions to the founding of the Republic in 1918 to the signing of the Concordat between the Austrian Federal Government and the Holy See in 1933 and the school treaties in 1962, right up to the present day. The relationship between Bruno Kreisky and Cardinal K\u00f6nig was also discussed.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Article in the Kathpress\" href=\"https:\/\/www.erzdioezese-wien.at\/site\/home\/nachrichten\/article\/63901.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more.<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Cardinal Sch\u00f6nborn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/128417688@N02\/albums\/72157666275684628\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">To the photos.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/schoenbornDSC_2010.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail_480x240 lazyload\" alt=\"Christoph Sch\u00f6nborn\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/schoenbornDSC_2010.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/schoenbornDSC_2010.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/schoenbornDSC_2010.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/schoenbornDSC_2010.jpg 587w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 700px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 700\/467;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":2541,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"news-kategrie":[48],"class_list":["post-2540","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-kategrie-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kirche und Denokratie in \u00d6sterreich - Kreisky Forum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/news\/church-and-denocracy-in-austria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kirche und Denokratie in \u00d6sterreich - Kreisky Forum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ein Lernprozess 1918-2018 Am 27. 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