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The first part of Glemp's homily proved to be not only dull but strangely inappropriate. The Cardinal by chance had chosen an awkward time to go away. In the month that he was absent, the Catholic Church in Poland had suddenly faced its most extraordinary external and internal...
In such a situation, the St. John's congregation expected Glemp would have to address at least the emotionally charged cross confrontation in his evening sermon. At last he did. The travelogue had droned on for 15 minutes when the analogy suddenly became unmistakable. Among the Polish emigrants he...
So obvious was the reference that Glemp's listeners waited with anticipation. "The question arises," the Cardinal continued, "Who is offended so much by this cross?" It sounded like a challenge to the government, one that many Poles would gladly welcome. But Glemp had hardly raised the issue before...
The Cardinal in his sermon did not broach his other problem, the transfer of Father Mieczyslaw Nowak from the Church of St. Joseph the Worker in Warsaw's industrial suburb of Ursus. The next day, however, Glemp held a 90-minute meeting with the banished priest as well as...
If Glemp's flock was unhappy over his stands, the regime decidedly was not. The government was delighted to see the Cardinal on the hot seat for a change, fighting a two-front battle against disgruntled Catholics as well as the state. Addressing a party conference, Jaruzelski said that...