Winfried Pietrek
Winfried Pietrek (* 1932 in Breslau ) is a Catholic priest and publicist incardinated in the Diocese of Osnabrück .
Life
After being expelled from Silesia , his family fled to Hamburg , where he went to school. Pietrek studied Catholic theology in Frankfurt am Main ( Philosophical-Theological University Sankt Georgen ) and Osnabrück . After he was ordained a priest in Osnabrück on December 20, 1958, he was chaplain to Heiliggeist in Osnabrück and Eutin , pastor in Oldersum , military chaplain for a few years , then missionary in Peru and finally parish priest to St. Nicholas in Lippstadt .
Pietrek was also known for a long time as the “Bildpost Pastor” because he worked as a theological assistant for Neue Bildpost , a Catholic weekly newspaper in tabloid style.
He gained national fame when he went on a hunger strike in front of an abortion clinic. As a result of this action, the Christian life rights group Aktion Leben was founded. In 2000 he organized several demonstrations against the play Corpus Christi by Terrence McNally et al. a. in Freiburg and Heilbronn. There he appeared as a speaker against the play.
In addition, he volunteered for the national conservative small party Christian Center . Pietrek is now retired. He also wrote a column in Germany magazine because he felt a connection with the chairman of the German Conservatives , Joachim Siegerist . He also publishes every month for the Christian fundamentalist party newspaper Kurier der Christian Mitte . There Pietrek wrote several poems in each edition.
Positions
In his sermon on December 26, 2014, he said that Germany should primarily accept Christian refugees from Syria. Muslim refugees should find shelter in Muslim countries with the help of German finances. From his point of view there is a right to defend oneself against the alleged Islamization. He emphasized the supposed violence of Islam. In defense of Christian Germany, he called on people to join Pegida if politics continued to bring Muslim refugees to Germany. He thus represents a decidedly different opinion on the majority of Catholic clergy in Germany.
Publications
- When the bamboo curtain fell. Eyewitness in Vietnam. Derscheider-Verlag, Much 1975.
- My father, whose name is Herod. The struggle for the life of the unborn. Derscheider Verlag, Much 1975.
- Lebanon. A people is fighting for its life. Derscheider-Verlag, Much 1979, ISBN 3-921826-00-7 .
- From Saul to Paul. A factual report. Non-profit association, Lippstadt 2006, (without ISBN)
Web links
- Literature by and about Winfried Pietrek in the catalog of the German National Library
- Interview with Rev. Pietrek
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pietrek, Winfried |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Catholic priest and publicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |