Word: jaruzelski
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...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 challenges since the end of martial law last July. Externally, the church once again confronted the government of Prime Minister Wojciech Jaruzelski, this time on the removal of crucifixes from state-run school-rooms.* Internally, the church was in considerable turmoil over Glemp's decision last month to silence, with a transfer out of the Warsaw area, a priest in an industrial parish who had been outspoken in support...
...however, Glemp held a 90-minute meeting with the banished priest as well as with representatives of nine of St. Joseph's parishioners who were fasting to protest the Cardinal's decision. Once again the outcome appeared to indicate Glemp's determination to coexist with the Jaruzelski regime. Despite the fast and the fact that many of Nowak's supporters are withholding contributions (total collection at one recent Mass at St. Joseph's: 64 zlotys, or about 60?), the transfer will hold. It was undertaken, the dissidents were informed, "for the good of the church...
...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 Poles need not choose between loyalty to the state and to the church, but he did concede "an obvious contradiction between our philosophy and systems of religious faith." He blamed foreign centers-presumably the Western press-for abusing "church politics for their own purposes." Government Spokesman Jerzy Urban gave foreign journalists...
...Joseph the Worker, a parish in the Warsaw industrial suburb of Ursus, recalled dozens of similar protests during the bitter days of martial law. But in one respect it was remarkably different: for the first time Poles gathered to show their displeasure not with the Premier, Wojciech Jaruzelski, but with Jozef Cardinal Glemp, Primate of the influential Roman Catholic Church...
...George. Unlike his predecessor, who had engaged in reception-line diplomacy following Brezhnev's funeral, Chernenko shook hands stiffly, his face rarely creasing into the smile of the practiced politician. He did not appear to greet such Communist stalwarts as Cuban Leader Fidel Castro or Polish Premier Wojciech Jaruzelski with any more enthusiasm than he greeted Vice President George Bush or British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher...