Culture
PROTEST OF ARCHBISHOP WACŁAW DEPO CONCERNING THE TV ADVERTISEMENT SPOT ‘THE CLOSEST STRANGERS’
In relation to the transmission of the advertisement spot on TV ‘The closest strangers’, promoting homosexuality, archbishop Wacław Depo, the Chair of the Polish Episcopal Conference for Mass Media, addressed a letter to Jan Dworak, the Chair of the Radio Broadcasting Council on 31 October 2014. »
Wieslawa Lewandowska talks to Kazimierz Ujazdowski, MP, about the feeling of responsibility for the national heritage, modern museums and old-fashioned politicians.
‘Janosik’ and other serials – to come under the hammer
Wieslawa Lewandowska talks to Witold Kolodziejski, the chairman of the National Council of Radio and Television Broadcasting (KRRiTV), about the order and disorder in the media.
Witold Dudzinski
The monastic complex in Lubiaz in Lower Silesia is one of the most interesting and at the same time least known Baroque monuments in this part of Europe. It is bigger than the Wawel Castle and the Royal Castle in Warsaw. »
Wieslawa Lewandowska talks to Malgorzata Nawrocka, the author of the ‘anti-magic novels’ about hand puppets, werewolves and good fairly tales.
Your works, and especially your recent ‘anti-magic’ novels, can be interpreted as an expression of revolt against this ‘spiritual food’, which today’s pop culture gives to children. »
Agnieszka Dziarmaga
The Song and Dance Ensemble ‘Gorzkowianie’ from the parish of Gorzkow near Kazimierza at the far end of the Diocese of Kielce, popularises their folk traditions and make the Poles living in Lithuania, Ukraine, Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy cry from emotions. »
Someone who was not mad enough
Ewa Polak-Palkiewicz
The Year of Zbigniew Herbert will be solemnly opened in the National Theatre, at 18 Teatralny Square at 7 p.m. on 18 February 2008. »
Katarzyna Woynarowska
When you go some ten kilometres away from Pulawy you can discern ‘this’ smell. You know the smell, it reminds you of childhood. »
Christmas according to Fr Twardowski
Milena Kindziuk
The priest and poet Rev. Jan Twardowski thought that ‘Christmas exists to teach us how to love, to offer a helping hand to others, to smile, to forgive others’. »
Jolanta Wylezynska
When the first star appears in the sky, all things – the whole world – gets calm and we share Love and we praise the Lord for his coming to us. »
Jolanta Palasz talks to Rev. Professor Kazimierz Szymonik, the artistic director and conductor of the Academic Choir of Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw.
Evangelisation through blogging
Fr Pawel Rozpiatkowski
The fashionable word 'blogging' has already involved 70 million internauts (web users). Bloggers include priests, nuns and even bishops. This form of spreading the Good News has more and more followers. »
To warm up our hearts with carols
Weronika Rozycka
There were 18,000 Polish and international contestants at the festival of Christmas Carols in Bedzin this year. Thus Bedzin has become the capital of Polish carols. Grand Prix and 5,000 zloty were awarded to Iryna and Natalia Jewtuszok from Rovny in Ukraine. »
Fr Ireneusz Skubis
The last events connected with Archbishop Wielgus's resignation as Metropolitan of Warsaw significantly proved that 'words spoken by 'authorities' in the media + picture = great power of suggestion'. And from there it is one step to an attempt on the freedom and dignity of man. »
Culture as the moving force of history
Ireneusz Skubis and Anna Cichoblazinska talk to Dr. Kazimierz Michal Ujazdowski, Minister of Culture and National Heritage.
Contemporary times require many activities of the state to support culture since culture does not only mean artistic activities but also heritage of the nation and the moving force of history. »