Society-politics
A BEAUTIFUL EUROPEAN WOMAN – THE HOLY QUEEN
ELŻBIETA MORAWIEC
When in dark years of partitions Henry Sienkiewicz was writing the ‘Trilogy’, he gave it a significant comment – ‘for spirit lifting’. We live in similarly dark times of new philistinism, which considers itself clever andshows everything in a disgusting way,and derides everything which composes the magnificence of the Polish tradition. Various wise men frown at the Polish martyrdom, a long-term sense of inferiority (!) of a victim etc. »
A TORTUOUS ROAD TO TOTALITARISM IN MASS MEDIA
JANUSZ WOJCIECHOWSKI
By the means of financial and barriers legislative tricks, the present authority wants to not only restrict but also destroy free mass media. »
ANNA WYSZYŃSKA
Statistics raise doubts. Despite warnings about the danger of asphyxiation with the carbon monoxide, the invisible killer gathers the fatal harvest every year. Obviously not everybody realise that in a colder season when flats’ heating is essential, we must care not only about heating but also our and our relatives’ safety. »
CONTEST
A LETTER IN THE YEAR OF FAITH. WE PASS ON THE GOSPEL TO OTHERS
Letters concerning faith: its essence, main messages and problems with passing it on to others, were written to the communities established by St. Paul, St. Peter, St. John and St. Jacob and their co-operators. They were followed by other evangelizers, among the others: Gregory the Great, St. Klara, St. Catherine, St. Theresa, St. Faustyna…The letters have been being written by popes and bishops till today. »
EURO-ENTHUSIASTS OR EUROSCEPTICS?
Fr. PAWEŁ ROZPIĄTKOWSKI
What positive things are noticed by Polish believing and practicing Catholics, which were fruits of entering of Poland into the European Union? First of all, they notice – although it must be honestly added that in this area not everybody sees – a positive influence on economical matters. Nearly 52 percent of them believe in positive results of the integration in the area of economy. »
WHAT MIRACLES DOES FR. POPIEŁUSZKO DO?
MILENA KINDZIUK
There is no week when somebody would not experience a grace through the intercession of Blessed Fr. Jerzy. And so it has been continuously for 30 years »
Fr. IRENEUSZ SKUBIŚ
One of the ancient authors wondered who were the Christians. He meant the believers of Jesus Christ who had lived in the Roman society, had their ordinary functions but also created a group distinguishing in this society. They were people of the so-called class, well-educated, friendly to others, following the commandment of love to God and their neighbor. Ordinary people but unusual. People living with God, taking the teaching of Gospel and the commandments of Jesus Christ very thoroughly and praying to Him. »
DIONIZY SIMSON
I decided to claim for the remembrance of my murdered compatriots. They were very badly hurt because they had been forgotten. I think that we should write our history on our own and not wait for Vladimir Putin, Jan Tomasz Gross or Erika Steinbach to write it. We do not have a reason to confess repentantly to anybody and we can write a white book of losses and the contribution of the Polish nation in the defeat of totalitarisms of the XX century ourselves. »
PAPAL MEDALS FOR STEFAN STULIGROSZ AND ENNIO MORRICONE
The world famous musicians and composers professor Stefan Stuligrosz and Ennio Morricone – the first one after death – were honored with the papal medal ‘Per Artem ad Deum’ (Through art to God) during a solemn concert which took place on 29 September in an exhibition hall of Fairs in Kielce. The medals were given personally by the chairman of the Papal Council for Culture cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi. »
ARTUR STELMASIAK
A several thousand people took part in a march called ‘Poland, wake up!’. On 29 September this year, in Warsaw streets, they were protesting against the bad policy of the government, increasing the age of retirement of Poles, and, first of all, they were demanding the respect of the freedom of speech and granting the digital concession to the Television Trwam »
CZESŁAW RYSZKA
Too many parliamentarians have maintained the attitude of Pilate – they are washing their hands of the problem, considering themselves as guardians of a compromise, approving of the so-called smaller evil »
THE VICTORY OF OUR LADY OF ROSARY NEAR LEPANTO
JERZY WACŁAWSKI
Facing the real danger of the XVI-century Europe divided by inner conflicts from the spreading Islam, the Pope Pius V undertook attempts aiming at creating a coalition of Christian countries, able to oppose the Turkish invasion. He sent parliamentarians to particular rulers with a mission of creating the common united front of actions. »
AGNIESZKA DZIARMAGA
A call for peace in the world, for stopping any discrimination for religious reasons, promoting the Holy Land and historical Miechów – were a message of the Second Day of Jerusalem. Dignitaries of the Knights’ Order of Holy Se-
pulchre in Jerusalem, dames and cavaliers of the Order from Poland, Europe and America, canonists from Miechów, pilgrims and tourists were praying together, getting to know one another and participating in festivities and concerts organized on this occasion on 15-16 September this year in Miechów, called as ‘Polish Jerusalem’ for this reason. »
THEY WERE DYING LIKE SAINT PEOPLE
Fr. JAN KRAWIEC
It has been 70 years recently since the death of guillotined five heroic youngest Polish martyrs because of hatred towards faith on 24 September 1942, in the evening hours, in a hard prisoner in Drezno. »
A TALK IN THE THRESHOLD OF THE YEAR OF FAITH
Fr. Inf. Ireneusz Skubiś talks with archbishop Józef Michalik – a metropolitan of Przemyśl, the chairman of Polish Episcopal Conference