On September 5, an ecumenical “rainbow service” took place inside the Catholic St. Severi Church ahead of the city’s Christopher Street Day march. Rainbow flags appeared throughout the church. Participants wore drag-style clothing. A unicorn sat upon rainbow fabric.
The surrounding event is beyond dispute. Erfurt’s CSD took place that day on the Domplatz beside the cathedral and St. Severi, with a parade, Pride festival and drag performances. The city’s tourism listings identify St. Severi as a Catholic church, and the Diocese of Erfurt was advertising a Catholic radio Mass from the same church the very next morning.
That last detail matters.
This was no abandoned building rented after desacralization.
Catholic worship continued there.
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