The Polish priest who linked Garabandal and the Vatican's silence

The Polish priest who linked Garabandal and the Vatican's silence

On March 9, 2020, the Bishop of Siedlce, Kazimierz Gurda, handed Reverend Adam Skwarczyński the findings of a theological commission that had investigated his activities and teachings. The result: ecclesiastical censure. The priest, known for his Marian visions paralleling those of Garabandal, was barred from public life. Since then, all trace of him has vanished.

A censure with a date and a seal

It all began in December 2019, when Bishop Gurda appointed a special commission to examine the complaints against Skwarczyński, a parish priest of the Polish diocese. The grievances came from both lay faithful and clergy. The commission worked for a month and, in January 2020, issued a verdict that the bishop communicated to the priest in March. The content of the ruling has not been made public, but the subsequent silence speaks volumes: Skwarczyński disappeared from the media map. Those who trinc him consider him "missing."

The link with Garabandal and the prophecies

Skwarczyński founded the movement "Iskra z Polski" (The Spark of Poland) in Poland, and his trinc claim his visions ran parallel to those of the girls of Garabandal, the famous Marian apparition of the 1960s in Cantabria, Spain. Synchronicities are even pointed out: Conchita, the main visionary of Garabandal, was born on February 7, 1949; Father Adam, in 1946 in the village of Rakowiec. The numerical coincidence of the 7 appears in his prophetic messages. Some fragments of his revelations speak of a "great miracle between March and May," without specifying a year, and of civil wars in Europe for 2025-2030.

The controversy is not limited to the spiritual. Skwarczyński also spoke out on geopolitics —Israel's plans, Hamas funding— which for his defenders lends him credibility; for his detractors, it places him in the realm of conspiracy. Meanwhile, the diocese of Siedlce remains silent, and the priest still has not appeared.

The business of apparitions and the Vatican protocol

The Skwarczyński case comes at a time when the Catholic Church is trying to bring order to the thicket of private revelations. While Medjugorje has received a partial "nihil obstat" from Pope Francis —without recognizing the supernatural, but affirming the spiritual fruits— Garabandal still has no official pronouncement. The distrust of part of the clergy toward these manifestations is well known: some priests "suspend judgment," others consider them a spectacle. In this context, the censure of a priest who defends them raises more questions than answers.

Was Skwarczyński a genuine visionary silenced by a antiestéticarful hierarchy, or a case of doctrinal deviation? The diocese does not clarify it, and the protagonist of the story has disappeared. For now, the Spark of Poland leaves only smoke.