Catholic Church in Poland
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’ »
‘HOW ARE YOU?’ – GREAT! I AM POLISH
ANTONI SZYMAŃSKI
For years efforts have been made to promote Poland abroad. For this purpose cyclical actions and single ventures are carried out. Initiators are state institutions, media, self-governing authorities, as well as private subjects »
JAN MARIA JACKOWSKI
In every family there were participants and witnesses of history of homeland. National awareness is created from individual Polish fates. »
BISHOPS CRITICISE THE LGBT CAMPAIGN
The campaign ‘Let’s pass over the sign of peace to one another’ blurs the clear requirements of the Gospel »
CARDINAL DZIWISZ CRITICIZES LGBT CAMPAIGN
KARD. STANISŁAW DZIWISZ
The first social campaign of LGBT groups in Poland, which representatives of catholic groups from the so-called open Catholicism sign joined, has begun under the motto ‘Let’s pass the sign of peace to each other’. »
CRITICALLY ABOUT A CAMPAIGN OF LGBT GROUPS
KAI
It is important to be aware of the fact that actions similar to the current one are an element of a longtime planned campaign aimed at carrying out a social change – said Fr. Prof. Piotr Mazurkiewicz, a political scientist from the University of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński in Warsaw, in reference to the campaign of LGBT groups ‘Let’s pass over the sign of peace to one another’. »
He spent 13 years, 5 months and 10 days in Soviet camps and prisons. He spoke about God and did good. He lived very humbly, and did not have his own home. It was Fr. Władysław Bukowiński who will be beatified on 11 September in Karaganda in Kazakhstan. Below we publish an interview with Anna Krantowska, a witness of the newly blessed. »
ARCHBISHOP KONRAD KRAJEWSKI FOR ‘SUNDAY’
JASNA GÓRA IS A GOOD DIRECTION
KS. MARIUSZ FRUKACZ
Under the motto ‘Baptism as the gate of mercy’, on 24 August the 91st Pilgrimage from Łódź arrived at Jasna Góra on foot. This year’s pilgrimage, is the time of gratitude for the World Youth Days in Poland and the gift of Baptism of Poland. »
FR. TOMASZ TLAŁKA
Another successor of St. Peter – pope Francis, points to Mary from Jasna Góra and Her closeness to us. Under Her eye-look one can understand the spiritual sense of pilgrimages of this nation whose history is inseparably connected with Christ’s Cross. »
IN DEFENCE OF THE GOSPEL OF LIFE
ANNA WYSZYŃSKA
One of participants of the World Youth Days in Poland was Mary Wagner – a pro-life activist from Canada, who has been sentenced to imprisonment a few times for her activity. »
MIROSŁAW PIOTROWSKI
Today are nation is united by the Catholic religion. Everyone should realize the fact that who attacks it, breaks the unity. »
FRANCIS ENCHANTED WITH OUR LADY OF CZĘSTOCHOWA
CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY
I fell over in Częstochowa because I had my eyes fixed at Our Lady and I had known about kindness of Poles since my childhood – said the Holy Father during a talk with journalists on his way back from Cracow to Rome »
PAWEŁ ZUCHNIEWICZ
That day was completely different than the previous one. The atmosphere on Thursday was sulky: the sky was cloudy, it rained heavily from time to time, but the spirit among the youth was lively which was also accompanying the Holy Father. Whereas on Friday before midday the weather was beautiful, which contrasted with the gloomy landscape of Auschwitz - Birkenau camps. »