Tragic Suicide of Italian
-Priest, 75
Italian priest Lino Zatelli, 75, killed himself on August 12. He had been parish priest of San Carlo Borromeo in Trento for a quarter of a century.
He was found dead inside the rectory of his parish after he didn’t show up to celebrate the Eucharist.
Corriere del Trentino reported the death as a voluntary act.
Two months earlier he had learned that he would have to leave San Carlo in November for another pastoral assignment. Zatelli publicly said he had not asked to leave.
Sad detail: During his Easter homily, Don Zatelli preached about Judas's suicide. He discussed Judas as someone overwhelmed by despair who could no longer see beyond the obstacle before him, but emphasized Christ's forgiveness and imagined Jesus ultimately embracing Judas in heaven.
Eucharists Beyond Rubrics
A 2019 interview called him the “eternal bad boy of the Trentino Church.”
A November 2020 profile describes Zatelli as working in a kind of laboratory parish.
His Eucharists went beyond formulas and interpreted …More
We are obliged to pray for all of the lost, but the point is clear - current theological aberrations are poisoning the Faith and the Faithful. We are being led by those who "are like whitewashed sepulchers, which outwardly appear brilliant to men, yet truly, inside, they are filled with the bones of the dead and with all filth." Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.
Very tragic and depressing, but this is the result of not preaching the true Gospel and not adhering to Catholic tradition and morality.