Lumen 2018

215 At the Crossroads dinary Nuncio at the emperor’s court. In the first days of March, In- ternuncio Charles Grappi was substituting for him in Warsaw. The new Apostolic Nuncio for Poland, Angelo Ranuzzi, arrived in War- saw only in the middle of July, 1671. 251 It is therefore certain that Fr. Papczynski’s case was heard by Internuncio Grappi. In his letter to the nuncio, Bishop Oborski wrote that Fr. Stanis- laus Papczynski was a man of great merits in the Congregation of the Piarist Fathers and he was worthy to be commended to the nun- cio’s graciousness. The bishop also mentioned that Fr. Papczynski abandoned his first vocation not out of his own fault, but due to grave persecution, which the author of the letter witnessed himself. He added that Papczynski had been an indefatigable worker of the Lord’s vineyard there and he deserved to receive a certificate of good conduct from the Piarist Fathers. The bishop expressed his surprise at the fact that they continued to refuse to issue one. 252 Papczynski’s trial took place at the nunciature towards the end of April 1671, but we do not know what the final ruling was and whether he received the certificate of good conduct from the Piarists. We only know that, as a result of this ruling, Fr. Stanislaus finally gave up the Piarist habit. But he did complain at the beginning of September 1671 that his dispute with the Piarists ended in a way that was unfair to him. 253 It may mean that he did receive the certifi- cate that he had wanted so much, but it did not do him justice and was not what he had expected. 254 Thoughts about Returning to the Piarists During the transitional period which lasted about six months after he had left the Piarists, Fr. Stanislaus seriously considered returning to the congregation and even made some efforts to be accepted again. 255 His request was passed to the chapter in Rome by means of a letter and the entire group of Piarists gathered there, including the Provincial Superior and the delegates from Poland, learned about it.