Catholic Church in Poland
CARDINAL STANISŁAW DZIWISZ A KNIGHT OF THE ORDER OF THE WHITE EAGLE
CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY
The supreme national distinction – the Order of the White Order was awarded to cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz. Awarding the Order of the White Eagle took place on 28 January this year in the chapter house of the Wawel cathedral, directly after the ceremony of the ingress of archbishop Marek Jędraszewski. »
GRZEGORZ POLAK
It was a real masterpiece. Nomination of archbishop Marek Jędraszewski for the office of the metropolitan of Cracow surprised everybody. »
O. STANISŁAW TOMOŃ
Supporters of various sport clubs from whole Poland arrived on the 9th Patriotic Pilgrimage of Supporters on 7 January this year. The motif of this year’s pilgrimage were the 75th anniversary of National Military Forces and also the 75th anniversary of martyrdom of the Five from Poznań. »
MATEUSZ WYRWICH
A Dominican university Angelicum has existed for nearly eight hundred years. It was established in 1222 near monastery Santa Sabina in order to educate future monks. Although it has had the university status for nearly over half a century, graduation from it has always been connected with a high prestige. »
WHY DO THEY WANT TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT OF THE LAW AND JUSTICE PARTY?
CZESŁAW RYSZKA
Enacted budget for the year 2017 shows that we are going to have a good year: economy growth – 3.6 per cent, budget deficit – 2.9 per cen. The national gross product and inflation – 1.3 per cent. »
THE MARTIAL LAW FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE YEAR 2016
BOGDAN KĘDZIORA
Since 13 December 1981 there has already passed time measured in history with the life of one generation. For the young generation brought up in the Third Republic of Poland it is a far history at the end of the time of Polish People’s Republic. »
THEY WERE SAVING THE JEWS WHEN RISKING THEIR OWN LIVES
ŁUKASZ KRZYSZTOFKA
Media informed the whole world about Polish death camps very quickly, whereas information that the main purpose of the Polish Underground Country was helping the Jews by Poles did not get into the public space. There is no other country in the world whose purpose would be this kind of commitment »
A JUBILEE COMPLETE INDULGENCE AT JASNA GÓRA
FR. STANISŁAW TOMOŃ, A PAULINE FATHER
On the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the Coronation of the Miraculous Image of Our Lady, on 8 December 2016 Jasna Góra received a special papal gift in the form of the jubilee indulgence. »
PREMATURE CHILDREN VISITING THE FIRST LADY
ARTUR STELMASIAK
Agata Kornhauser-Duda organized a meeting on the occasion of the World Day of Premature Children. The meeting at the Presidential Palace was attended by families which bring up pre-mature children, prominent neonatologists, specialists of lactation, experts for women’s milk bank. »
THE FIRST HOLY MASS IN THE CHURCH OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE
ARTUR STELMASIAK
This year’s Day of Independence was unusual. After 225 years the first Eucharist in the intention of Homeland was celebrated in the church of Divine Providence in Warsaw »
ARTUR STELMASIAK
A new apostolic nuncio in Poland, archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio arrived in Warsaw. The Vatican diplomat was greeted by bishops at the airport. He gave president of the Polish Republic Andrzej Duda credentials from pope Francis »
ALINA CZERNIAKOWSKA
On the Day before the Independence Day there reappeared lively comments in media, as well as street marches, slogans, speeches, often people do not even know when and what happened on 11 November »
ARTUR STELMASIAK
This is an old Polish saying which is perfectly inscribed in the history of building the Church of Divine Providence. It was not successful in the First Polish Republic, or in the Second Polish Republic, only after 225 years the idea of the national votive has been realized successfully »
READERS OF ‘NIEDZIELA’ AS AN ALIVE CROWN OF MARY
EDITORS OF ‘NIEDZIELA’
Soon there is going to be the jubilee of 300th coronation of the Miraculous Image of Our Lady at Jasna Góra. Crowns were donated by pope Clemens XI, and the solemn act of coronation was completed on 8 September 1717. It was the first event besides Rome in the world. »
ARTUR STELMASIAK
‘Black protests’ aroused by the opposition scared politicians and they withdrew their support for the legislative initiative ‘Stop abortion’ »