Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich calls for inclusion on the first day of the European Synod. Shortly thereafter, six police officers in protective gear appear. The reason: LGBTQ activist Ladislav Koubek is distributing flyers in the hotel lobby. He wants LGBTQ and abuse victims to finally be heard in the Czech church. He is both.

[Google translation of German-language report from the Catholic Media Center of the Swiss bishops’ conference. Screen image from a Twitter video included in the report, showing Ladislav Koubek removed from the hotel of the European Synod by police. See below in the cached copy of the article for an image of Koubek’s flyer in English.]

“The church must bring Christ to all people, whether they meet our moral standards or not. Whether we like them or whether we don’t like them. God is greater than our human heart.” This is how Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, Archbishop of Luxembourg, Jesuit and confidant of the Pope,…