If you hear Adam Kotas’ accent, you know he wasn’t born in Latin America. If you listen to his message on TikTok, you will know that he is not from the Catholic Church either.
He was born on November 15, 38 years ago, in Poland. The land of Karol Józef Wojtyła inherited a new minister of the faith, without imagining that it would be the opposite of the one he served as Supreme Pontiff between 1978 and 2005.
Kotas went to the seminary and was ordained as a priest very young, but not in his country, but in the United States. In the state of California he received his investiture, according to the Peruvian newspaper Trade.
Years later he left for Mexico and made this territory his permanent residence. There, he perfected his Spanish and dedicated himself to performing masses from virtuality. The pandemic forced it.
By then, he was no longer part of the Catholic Church. He joined the Polish National Catholic Church (PNCC), a very different denomination from the traditional one, judging by the messages of this Polish priest.
the mexican newspaper Millennium, is among those who revealed their peculiar history. Irreverent masses, messages in double meaning or interpretation and colloquial words with which he does not seek to judge sinners, but rather, give them a verbal burst of reality, when guilt is present.
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Adam Kotas: his controversial resignation from the Catholic Church
The pulpit taken to social networks. That is the basis that Adam Kotas clings to when it comes to expanding his message in the already normalized virtuality.
Getting to that point was not easy. Settling in Mexican territory and learning Spanish was part of a process that also included local idioms and something else, if we take into account the colloquial way he speaks in his masses.
His separation from the Catholic Church was a bit abrupt, according to the statement from the Diocese of Santa Rosa California.
“The Roman Catholic Church is not in communion with the Polish National Catholic Church which was founded at the end of the 19th century in the United States of America. Adam Kotas is prohibited from performing any sacrament or any other ministry on behalf of the Catholic Church.”.
It is necessary to mention that the Polish National Catholic Church was founded in Chicago, USA, by a group of priests dissatisfied with the division in the institution, since they were not allowed, among other things, to officiate in their language of origin. This nomination was founded with clear objectives.
“…conviction that a way can be found to overcome this unfortunate division that has taken place among Catholics here in the United States,” he says in a joint statement from 2006, which is read in a official document.
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TikTok and the viral masses of Adam Kotas
As part of the other denomination, far from the Catholic Church, Adam Kotas left for Mexico and there he found an important niche of parishioners, who had a similar conception to his, regarding traditional Catholicism.
The pandemic made him broadcast his masses by Youtubewhere they have an official account, on Facebook (since 2018) and on TikTok, where you account as @amy262116They help make your messages go viral.
“I had too many friend requests (on FB)”commented.
But what kind of eucharist does he hold that infuriates his former church and its traditional parishioners?
“If God can move mountains, the Bible says that he cannot (sic) touch a small heart that your husband has. Your husband has it very small… The heart, the heart, ok. Why are you laughing? I know them, filthy minds”.
@gvir_ Your husband has it small…. THE ♥️ ???? #happy Easter #padreadamkotasoficial #adamkotas ♬ sonido original – GVI
Its face-to-face audience is large, but not like the virtual one. His live messages add thousands of Internet users listening to what he has to say, even if that implies messages of double meaning among his listeners.
“Tell the person next to you: ‘My life is hard’ (laughter from those present). Yes like? that’s what I said ”, he replies to a woman who wanted to make her see her alleged grammatical error, telling her that it sounds better:“ My life is hard ”.
Father Kotas gave him the microphone, clarifying that that is what he says, but another woman makes him see that it could be taken in a double sense.
In the end, the situation bursts into laughter and netizens, who witnessed the situation live, believed that the double readings come from consciousness.
“There is no word wrongly said, but only misinterpreted, sinners”Said one of his followers on TikTok.
@ireneararvayo I have it hard my life ???? #mividadura #padreadamkotas???? #laugh therapy #smile and be happy #misa #divinemercyparishpncc #foryu_page #paratitiktokviral #lasvegasnv ♬ original sound – Irene Arvayo
The difference between confessions, according to the priest Adam Kotas
Being part of the Catholic Church and, now, confessing from the Polish Catholic Church, marked clear differences according to the priest Adam Kotas.
“’Father, how am I going to confess to you? You are so sweet and innocent…’ If they only knew what I have to listen to, people tell me everything… with details and not poor people, poor father!”counted among his anecdotes.
Speaking of distanced styles between one church and another, this Pole maintains that he does not mind knowing details of the sins confessed by the parishioners.
“What do I care! I don’t need to know how it happened or with whom it happened, I just need to know what happened, what I brought you chencha!”a phrase that is similar to the Chilean: Why did I bring you?
However, his former house insists that he is prohibited from
“Adam Kotas is prohibited from performing any sacrament or any other ministry on behalf of the Catholic Church. The People of God must not approach him for any religious ceremony.”assures part of the statement that was published in the Mexican media Debate.
However, Kotas doesn’t seem to care about the situation. Faith and modernity have made him approach those who, like him, have a different conception of membership.
“With the help of technology and some good and generous people, I was able to install a decent camera and computer equipment at my parish in Clearlake; my ‘online ministry’ was well received and I also did bible studies online during the pandemic in English and Spanish”assured at the beginning.
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