The Church Has Spoken Out About the Politicized Priest
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The Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest distances itself from the speech of Catholic priest Zoltán Osztie.
We emphasize to our priests, all believers and society that we are not a political organization, our mission is to serve the salvation of souls – the Hungarian Catholic Church commented on the prime minister’s Facebook post late Thursday evening. Péter Magyar wrote on his Facebook page on Thursday that as Hungary’s prime minister and as a private person, he expects the Catholic Church to “immediate, public and complete distancing itself from Zol…
The Prime Minister called on the Catholic Church to publicly distance itself from the words of priest Zoltán Osztie criticizing Tisza voters. The Hungarian Catholic Church responded by saying that it is not a political organization and its mission is to serve the salvation of souls. The Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest, however, stated that Zoltán Osztie's statements did not reflect their position and warned the priest.
The Hungarian Catholic Church has drawn attention to the fact that they do not operate as a political organization, their mission is to serve the salvation of souls. The post Archdiocese: Zoltán Osztie's statements are incompatible with the teachings of Christ; KDNP: Péter Magyar owes an apology first appeared on 24.hu.
The archdiocese warned the parish priest to refrain from such and similar manifestations in the future.
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