Society-politics
Waiting for the President of the Republic of Poland
Boguslaw Kowalski
Things began as usual. The day before the main celebrations a special train with the war veterans, members of the Katyn Families, scouts and soldiers left Warsaw. »
Archbishop Jozef Michalik
Every unexpected tragedy, every sudden death is a shock for relatives. The victims of this crash included the President of the Republic of Poland, the last Polish President in Exile, the Field Bishop of the Polish Army, many people »
Wieslawa Lewandowska talks to Prof. Zdzislaw Krasnodebski about the way politicians manage to control Poles’ emotions.
How to talk to children about... ‘I’m sorry’ and apologising
Elzbieta Lozinska
Working in a nursery school I often face the dilemma: should we force children to say ‘I’m sorry’? I myself feel awkward when (as a rule because of lack of time) »
Hostile actions against Poles in Belarus
Czeslaw Ryszka
The attacks of Lukashenko’s regime against the Polish minority in Belarus have continued. On 8 February 2020 the Belarusian militia and bailiffs entered the Polish Community House in Ivyenets. »
Maria Bobowska
Recently we have quite often heard the word ‘parity’. Especially feminists like it. it is worth looking at their demands concerning the project of a gender parity bill. »
Gagging the truth about killing
Jan Maria Jackowski
A group of celebrities has written an open letter to the government to limit the access to the exhibition that shows the true picture of killing the unborn children. »
Joanna Wolenska-Operacz
Why do girls play house and boys play war in nursery? Is it that people from their births belong to two worlds as far as the physical as well as the psychological and emotional aspects are concerned? No, the differences begin earlier. »
Jan Maria Jackowski
On 10 February the European Parliament adopted the resolution on equality between women and men, including the right of women to have easy access to contraception and possibility of abortion. »
The good of the spouses as the purpose of marriage
Fr Wojciech Goralski
The reflection of Vatican Council II concerning marriage let the Council Fathers realise that apart from the procreational-educational dimension (procreation and education of offspring) marriage has also a personalistic dimension, serving the spouses themselves. »
Katarzyna Woynarowska
A statistical Pole reads books because he is forced to do that or reads for entertainment. 50% of Poles do not feel the need to read books at all. Only – as many as – the remaining part is interested in reading books. »
Stepan Bandera – a new symbol of Ukraine?
Marek Jurek
President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko awarded to Stepan Bandera the title of Hero of Ukraine. Bandera was the leader of OUN-B (Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists – the fraction of Bandera’s supporters), which was the military wing of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. »
Czeslaw Ryszka
This is the title of the large album about Jan Kobylanski, the President of the Union of Polish Associations and Organisation in Latin America (USOPAL) written by Prof. Jerzy Robert Nowak. »
Archbishop Jozef Michalik
In this year’s first meeting with the Readers of ‘Niedziela’ I would like to share the experiences that encouraged me during the gathering of families in Madrid, initiated by Cardinal Rouco Varela and the Neocatechumenal Way with its founder Kiko Argüello, a few days ago. »
The world must show compassion for migrants’ fates
Lidia Dudkiewicz talks to Fr Wieslaw Wojcik, TChr, Director of the Institute for the Pastoral Care of Migrants, connected with the Society of Christ Fathers to Polish Migrants.