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The controversial priest from Madrid, Enrique de Castro, has died at the age of 80.
The news was announced by the parish of San Carlos Borromeo to which he was linked all his life: "After a long illness, Enrique de Castro, friend and priest in this parish of Entrevías, passed away early this morning. With sadness for his departure and encouraging the Hope that he transmitted to us, we will say goodbye to him on Thursday 16th at 13:00h. at the Almudena crematorium".
Enrique de Castro was born in Madrid in 1943. The son of an Aviation officer who fought in the Nationalist ranks during the Civil War and who, years later, was promoted to lieutenant general, Enrique studied at the Colegio del Pilar in Madrid and graduated in Theology at the University of Comillas.
In 1972 he was ordained a priest and chose Vallecas as his destination. There he collaborated with social and workers' movements and, at the beginning of the 1980s, when Vallecas was hit by delinquency and heroin, he was directly involved in the care of thousands of young people with drug and justice problems.
His ideas against the Catholic Church and the Vatican brought him into many problems with the ecclesiastical hierarchy, from which he generally emerged unscathed. He published the books 'Dios es ateo', 'Hay que colgarlos?' and 'La fe y la estafa', all published by Editorial Popular.
As soon as news of his death became public, leading figures on the Spanish left sent messages of condolence for his passing. The former vice-president of the government, Pablo Iglesias, wrote the following: I met Enrique de Castro in civil disobedience actions. As he was never dressed as a priest, he was beaten just the same. I didn't believe in the priesthood but, if saints existed, Enrique would be one of them. May the earth be kind to you, comrade".
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The news was announced by the parish of San Carlos Borromeo to which he was linked all his life: "After a long illness, Enrique de Castro, friend and priest in this parish of Entrevías, passed away early this morning. With sadness for his departure and encouraging the Hope that he transmitted to us, we will say goodbye to him on Thursday 16th at 13:00h. at the Almudena crematorium".
Enrique de Castro was born in Madrid in 1943. The son of an Aviation officer who fought in the Nationalist ranks during the Civil War and who, years later, was promoted to lieutenant general, Enrique studied at the Colegio del Pilar in Madrid and graduated in Theology at the University of Comillas.
In 1972 he was ordained a priest and chose Vallecas as his destination. There he collaborated with social and workers' movements and, at the beginning of the 1980s, when Vallecas was hit by delinquency and heroin, he was directly involved in the care of thousands of young people with drug and justice problems.
His ideas against the Catholic Church and the Vatican brought him into many problems with the ecclesiastical hierarchy, from which he generally emerged unscathed. He published the books 'Dios es ateo', 'Hay que colgarlos?' and 'La fe y la estafa', all published by Editorial Popular.
As soon as news of his death became public, leading figures on the Spanish left sent messages of condolence for his passing. The former vice-president of the government, Pablo Iglesias, wrote the following: I met Enrique de Castro in civil disobedience actions. As he was never dressed as a priest, he was beaten just the same. I didn't believe in the priesthood but, if saints existed, Enrique would be one of them. May the earth be kind to you, comrade".
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Radical priest encouraged rolling of one joint after another during Mass, claimed God was an atheist
The controversial priest from Madrid, Enrique de Castro, has died at the age of 80. The news was announced by the parish of San Carlos Borro...
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