Krzysztof Charamsa

The Reverend Monsignor Krzysztof Charamsa
Orders
Ordination	1997
Personal details
Born	Krzysztof Charamsa (1972-08-05) 5 August 1972
Nationality	Polish
Denomination	Catholic (Roman Rite)
Profession	teacher

Ordination history of Krzysztof Charamsa
History Priestly ordination Date 1997

Krzysztof Olaf Charamsa (Polish pronunciation: [ˈkʂɨʂtɔf xaˈramsa]; born 5 August 1972) was a Polish priest and theologian and was assistant secretary of the International Theological Commission of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Born in Gdynia, Charamsa was ordained to the priesthood in 1997. He studied theology and philosophy from 1991 to 1993 in Pelplin in Poland and from 1993 to 1997 at the theological faculty of the University of Lugano in Switzerland. In 2002 he obtained a doctorate at the Pontifical Gregorian University. From 2004 he was teaching theology at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum and from 2009 at the Pontifical Gregorian University. From 2003 until 2015 he worked as a senior add at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith within the Vatican.

In October 2015, on the day before the second round of the Synod on the Family, he stated publicly in Italy's Corriere della Sera newspaper that he is gay and has a partner. In his resignation letter to Pope Francis he thanked him for some of his words and gestures towards gay people. However, he cricised the Catholic Church for being "frequently violently homophobic" and "insensitive, unfair and brutal" towards people that are gay. This is despite the fact that he claimed there are significant numbers of gay men at all levels within the Church - including the cardinalate. He called for all statements from the Holy See that are offensive and violent against gay people to be withdrawn; citing Benedict XVI's signature of the 2005 document that forbids men with deep-rooted homosexual tendencies from becoming priests as particularly "diabolical".

The Vatican immediately dismissed him from his post in the Holy See for having broken his vow of celibacy. He has been suspended under Canon 1333 forbiding him to carry out any sacraments and wear any clerical clothing.

Writings

• L’immutabilità di Dio. L'insegnamento di San Tommaso d'Aquino nei suoi sviluppi presso i commentatori scolastici, Editrice Gregoriana, Rom 2002.
• Davvero Dio soffre? La Tradizione e l'insegnamento di San Tommaso, Edizioni Studio Domenicano, Bologna 2003 (ISBN 88-7094-485-9).
• Il Rosario – una scuola di preghiera contemplativa, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Città del Vaticano 2003 (ISBN 88-209-7435-5).
• Percorsi di formazione sacerdotale, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Città del Vaticano 2005, con G. Borgonovo (ISBN 88-209-7694-3).
• Eucaristia e libertà, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Città del Vaticano 2006, con G. Borgonovo (ISBN 88-209-7838-5).
• La voce della fede cristiana. Introduzione al Cristianesimo di Joseph Ratzinger – Benedetto XVI, 40 anni dopo, ART, Rom 2009, con N. Capizzi (ISBN 978-88-89174-89-0).
• Abitare la Parola. In compagnia della Madre del Verbo, Editrice Rogate, Roma 2011 (ISBN 978-88-8075-402-2).
• Virtù e vocazione. Un cammino mariano, Editrice Rogate, Roma 2014 (ISBN 978-88-8075-426-8).