Society-politics
The way Kuklinski saved the world
Piotr Semka
The film entitled ‘Gry wojenne’ [War games], which has been just on in Polish cinemas, pays homage, which was very much needed, to Colonel Ryszard Kuklinski and at the same time explains the meaning of his mission. »
Fr Ireneusz Skubis
Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States and the first black US President, took the oath of office on 20 January 2009. America is only allegedly far from us – the world is one global, especially political, village. »
Tomasz Musial
On 20 January the host of the White House, build by slaves, became the first Afro-American Barack Obama, 47 year old. The inauguration was an exceptional event. »
Every family needs such a grandma
Urszula Buglewicz
Grandmother’s Day (21 January) and Grandfather’s Day (22 January) are remembered not only by the youngest that eagerly make colourful cards and memorise the most beautiful poems but also the older that use the wisdom and help of their parents every day. »
Bishop Adam Lepa
The postulate formulated in the title refers to the main theme of the message of Benedict XVI delivered for the World Day of Social Communications last year. The Successor of St Peter challenged the people of the media to seek the truth so that they could share it with receivers of social communications. »
Some thoughts about the Gaza Strip
Czeslaw Ryszka
The Israeli army carries out extermination of the Palestinian nation in the Gaza Strip in the eyes of the world – this is the way the war in this region of Palestine is commented on in the world. »
Marek Jurek
When there were discussions concerning the guarantee of the right to life to be written in the Constitution the opponents of this concept threatened the authorities and the Catholic opinion with a referendum. »
Wieslawa Lewandowska
‘War is always a defeat for humanity’ and could be announced as ‘the very last option’ and in accordance with ‘very strict conditions’ taking into account the consequences for the civilian population, said John Paul II. »
Lidia Dudkiewicz
The Saturday of 27 December 2008 was the bloodiest day in the history of the Israeli-Palestine conflict for the last 60 years. »
Who is entitled to human rights?
Kazimierz Szalata
On 10 December 2008 we celebrated the 60th anniversary of the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which has become an important document of moral sensitivity of societies after the atrocities of World War II. »
New year with a creeping crisis
Czeslaw Ryszka
The government gently repented and admitted that for a long time it had not considered the fact of the economic crisis in the world and its influence on the Polish economy, including a decreasing income of the state budget. »
Katarzyna Woynarowska
I fear winter. Do you know how the cold can paralyse you? How does it destroy the sense of life? During the night when the wind blows from the East the window trembles, as if it groans. Hoar-frost on the window panes, anything you touch is icy; man shrinks as if he wanted to seek some warmth inside. »
Marek Jurek
In the times of the world financial crisis the Polish government has remained passive as far as the increasing symptoms of the crisis are concerned. The calming words show political helplessness of the liberal government as its policy statement. »
Fr Piotr Gasior
We reflect again on the encyclical ‘Evangelium vitae’ in the context of the new pastoral year in Poland that has the motto ‘Let us care for life.’ John Paul II gave us 14 encyclicals, out of which ‘Evangelium vitae’ was the eleventh. »
Andrzej Tarwid
They lost their babies; some lost even more than one child. Now they are trying to make others aware of the problem of miscarriage, which affects over 100 families a day in our country. »