Backstory: How did a German Christian wind up in Kazakhstan, a central Asian nation seventy percent Muslim? Well--his parents were "Black Sea Germans," ethnic German settlers along the Black Sea in Soviet Russia. After WW2, Stalin deported many of these Germans eastward to Siberia, and his Family to the Ural Mountains as 'punishment' for WW2. Bishop Schneider is Bishop of the capital city of Kazakhstan, Astana.

Of note: He is known for championing the pre-Vatican II liturgical traditions and practices of the Church and for protesting certain current policies, including some associated with Pope Francis. He pulls no punches. Schneider speaks German, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish, English, French and Italian, and he reads Latin and Ancient Greek.

Bishop Athanasius Schneider Interview

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Funny hat but he is right.

An outstanding and brave bishop. As I say to my wife on occasion, the LGBT agenda is the tip of the spear of the Marxist agenda. The Left doesn't care about those people personally. It's just another victim-group for the Left's assault on conservatives, families and Christianity.

It's called a biretta and it's better looking than a 92FS.




Indeed.  I cannot think of another current prelate who is more meek, sincerely loving, and patient while not compromising a scintilla of truth.  In that regard, I dare to compare him to St. Francis of Sales, against whose character even his theological opponents (Calvinists in Geneva) did not speak.