Showing posts with label Father Piotr Natanek. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Father Piotr Natanek. Show all posts

Friday, September 5, 2014

Father Piotr Natanek, the Polish Savonarola

Photo ~ Father Piotr Natanek

[Vatican Insider] The strange case of a young and brilliant priest suspended a divinis by Stanislaw Dziwisz for his millenarian positions and repeated accusations against the hierarchy

Father Stanislaw explained the situation in a letter dated 20 July, reminding Father Natanek, “known for his controversial homilies and messages posted on the web,” that he had not obeyed the disciplinary directives of 28 January 2010; had disregarded the canonic admonishments of 25 May 2007, 23 February 2009, and 9 April 2010; had ignored the invitation to a meeting with his superiors; has continued his damaging utterances - including those that were prohibited; spreads opinions not approved by the Church regarding the regality of Jesus Christ, based on private revelations and inspired by the eschatological seven, which is outside of the teachings of Church doctrine; he has also publicly put into doubt the authority of priests and, not least, invalidly celebrated a marriage, without the required mandate.

Cardinal Dziwisz told Father Natanek that his actions were causing damage to his faithful followers and to the entire Church community, which fully earns him the penalty set down in Canon 1371 in the Code of Canon Law, and also Canon 1393, for repeatedly defying orders. The only response Stanislaw received occurred four days later, when Natanek celebrated a public Mass in which he bluntly accused his bishop of being a Freemason.

No one is spared by his invective, and his progression from controversial comments to insulting and denigrating dead prelates, is always a given. Speaking of Monsignor Józef Życiński - Archbishop of Lublin, a famous intellectual and supporter of Europe who died several months ago in Rome - Father Natanek “revealed” that “now the bishop is in hell, bound by the heaviest chain to Mohammed” and that “his cries can be heard in heaven.”

To the victims of the torrential rains and tornados that recently struck many parts of Poland, the priest who has been suspended a divinis, advised them to claim damages from the Curia of Krakow, implicitly accusing it of having provoked these disasters. His blatant actions increase day by day: he recently attacked a TVN 24 film crew, asking God to curse them.

From Vatican Insider and Gloria.tv