Society-politics
PIOTR DRZEWIECKI
Over 70 thousand young people from whole Poland and other countries participated in the eighteenth Youth’s Meeting on Pola Lednickie (Fields of Lednica). During this year’s vigil prayer, the young were accompanied by the Cross of the World’s Youth Day and the icon ‘Salus Populi Romani’ which have been making peregrination all over Poland since April 2014 »
WITOLD DUDZINSKI
Can the victory of the opposition in partly free elections on 4 June 1989 be acknowledged as the beginning of the Third Polish Republic? Yes, and no. Because although the communists were defeated, they were still holding the authority for a long time »
Wiesława Lewandowska talks with Piotr Bączek about consequences of warming Polish-Russian relations in the safety sphere
SURELY HE IS PRAYING FOR OUR NATION
Fr. Ireneusz Skubiś talks with senior archbishop of the archdiocese of Lublin Bolesław Pylak about the person and pastoral ministry of bishop Stefan Wyszyński in the same archdiocese
LIDIA DUDKIEWICZ
He let himself be caught by the ‘papal wind’. And he became an excellent expert of not only the teaching of John Paul II, but also literal activity of saint Polish Pope. And both in everyday life and on feasts he speaks using his quotations »
JOHN PAUL II AS A PATRON OF FREEDOM
ARTUR STELMASIAK
The Church of Divine Providence in Warsaw was a place of the nationwide thanksgiving for canonization of St. John Paul II. »
CZESŁAW RYSZKA
The present or maybe the future chairperson of the European Parliament, a German socio-democrat Martin Schulz, announced the removal of the cross and other religious symbols from public places. As he emphasized, everyone should personally express his own religion, but public places should remain ‘neutral’. Well, and here is the whole truth about the European leftist party which feels disturbed by the view of the cross, church building, a priest in a cassock, and even a small cross on a nurse’s or a stewardess’ neck. »
MILENA KINDZIUK
It is out of doubt that he has charism. Archbishop Wojciech Polak is also a man extremely pious, engrossed in prayers, and also open to people and the world »
Fr. Ireneusz Skubiś talks with prof. Mirosław Piotrowski – a historian, politician, parliamentarian for the European Parliament
COVERING UP A WINDOW OF THE IMPRISONED PRIMATE…
FR. GABRIEL BARTOSZEWSKI OFMCap, MARIAN PIOTR ROMANIUK
During the investigations on the elaboration of the documentation about heroism of virtues of God’s Servant Stefan Wyszyński unknown materials from the period of his imprisonment in Rywald Królewski were discovered »
NOT ONLY ROMAN MEETINGS WITH JOHN PAUL II
ARCHBISHOP JÓZEF MICHALIK
Indeed, the ceremony was organized in such a way that all bishops could participate in the Holy Mass of canonization. Before it happened, it had been necessary to arrive in Basilica of St. Peter early enough . So, I had an occasion to ‘talk’ with the new saints, especially with John Paul II at his tomb. What was specially moving for me was the fact that this canonization takes place in the year when I thank God for fifty years of my priesthood and 28 years of my bishopric ministry. »
TO MY COLLEAGUES DOCTORS AND MY FRIENDS
WANDA PÓŁTAWSKA
I found out about organized prayers in my intention. I cordially thank to those all people. Not being able to be in the Pilgrimage of Health Service in Częstochowa on 25 May, when votive of gratitude from doctors for canonization of our close Holy Father John Paul II was given, I ask everybody to join to this gift in hope that He will like this our initiative. »
POPE FRANCIS MAKES PILGRIMAGES WHERE EVERYTHING STARTED
FR. PAWEL RYTEL-ANDRIANIK
The visit in the Holy Land is the first foreign apostolic visit planned during the pontificate of pope Francis. The Days of the Youth in Brazil in 2013 were the realization of plans of Benedict XVI. »
ANDRZEJ ZYBERTOWICZ
During my classes with students of sociology I have the subject ‘Poland for beginners’. I display them a slide of photos presenting two men who are holding the Polish flag on the top of a mountain. I ask my students: Why, do you think, wanting to climb the mountain to reach the top, they took an additional non-practical object – this flag? »
LET’S CHOOSE CHRIST FOR EUROPE!
FR. IRENEUSZ SKUBIŚ
If somebody would like to commit a breakage of relationship between the Catholic Church and Poland, it will surely be a bad step which will not contribute either to the greatness of the country, or victory of the good »