Society-politics
Czeslaw Ryszka
Russia has recognised the independence of the two separatist Georgian republics: Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Informing about that fact the Russian President Dmitri Miedviediev said perversely that it was the only possibility to prevent ‘a genocide’ of the Ossetian and Abkhazian nations by Georgian forces. »
Katarzyna Woynarowska
‘I saw trees that lay down like grass’, said Grazyna from our editorial board who lives in Blachownia, the village that was on the way of the August tornado wreaking havoc on the half of the country. »
When Russia tests ‘European unity’
Marian Miszalski
The international reaction to the Russian attack against Georgia is a political lesson that is worth drawing conclusions from. First of all, we can see an extremely ambiguous Germany’s stand towards this act of Russian aggression against a sovereign state. »
About anti-Semites, Nazis and camels
Czeslaw Ryszka
Searching happiness abroad one can face such situations that our young immigrants have never dreamt about. Recently, on the wave of increasing aversion the British daily ‘The Times’ published a text by Giles Coren, who claimed that when he looked at the wave of the Polish immigration in Great Britain he had mixed feelings. »
New things approach: ‘human-animal embryos’
Jan Osko
‘Even if someone does not believe in God he must admit that mankind has always opposed any procreation between people and animals. This contradicts human dignity’, says Josephine Quintavalle, the founder of the organisation Pro-Life Comment On Reproductive Ethics. »
FASTING - rescue for body and spirit
Agnieszka Raczynska-Lorek talks to Dr. Helena Skarbek, director of the Rehabilitation-Holiday Centre ‘Sofra’ in Mielno-Uniesc.
Lord Jesus himself recommended fasting and sanctified it, having fasted for 40 days not because of some illness but because he wanted to prepare himself - through cleansing and strengthening his organism - to the Passion. »
Mariusz Ksiazek
In February 2008 ‘Niedziela’ joined the defence of human life from conception to natural death. The editorial board published the text of the moratorium about abortion written by the Italian journalist Giuliano Ferrara, the editor-in-chief of ‘Il Foglio’. »
Marian Pilka
Recently ‘Gazeta Prawna’ has reported that in the years 2009-2013 our public retirement system will lack 157 million zloty. It means that the pension system will have to be supported by the state budget, which means considerably smaller sums for investments, for salaries paid from the budget, for education, police, etc. »
Katarzyna Wojnarowska
‘May you be a pensioner’, said an older man to a younger one. Doesn’t this sound a little like a curse? It should sound so, especially in the country where the lowest amount of the regular social allowance for those who are completely incapable of work is PLN 418 a month and the allowance is taxed; the lowest rate of invalidity pension is about PLN 600 a month. »
Public opinion polls like mirrors?
Wieslawa Lewandowska talks to Dr. Tomasz Zukowski.
Every day we are bombarded, overwhelmed, by opinion poll results. Polls concern all issues. Is it not exaggeration? »
Czeslaw Ryszka
Fourteen year-old Agata from Lublin, who had been pregnant - I wrote about it last week - had an abortion on the last day when the abortion could be legally conducted (the Polish law allows abortion till the 12th week in case of pregnancy resulting from a criminal action, mainly rape). »
Europe’s future in the hands of Ireland?
Fr Ireneusz Skubis
In the national referendum held on 12 June 2008 the Irish voted against the Treaty of Lisbon. I noticed that after the results of the referendum had been announced many Europeans had sad faces and at the same time a special kind of political activity occurred. »
Propaganda, political and other patterns
Marian Miszalski
At its last congress the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) elected Grzegorz Napieralski, a relatively young man, as their leader. The left wing circles eagerly compare him to the Spanish socialist Zapatero, and Napieralski seems to have nothing against it. »
Czeslaw Ryszka
This event has infuriated millions in Poland. As the media reported after ‘Gazeta Wyborcza’ two hospitals in Lublin and one hospital in Warsaw refused to abort the pregnancy of a 14 year old girl, who became pregnant as the result of a rape. »
Magdalena Guziak
The mission of the Catholic Youth Association ends when we begin enjoying only our own company. Our task and the greatest joy are to be with other people. »