Word: jozef
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have conceded in private that Solidarity, as an organization, may have to disappear in order for its ideas to live on. Still, in the absence of any formal opposition to the regime, the church has tried to press the authorities for some form of national dialogue. Last week Archbishop Jozef...
...attended a special Mass in Warsaw's St. John's Cathedral to commemorate the official registration one year ago of Rural Solidarity, the now suspended agricultural union. Later, 5,000 Poles jammed the same cathedral for a Mass marking the 41th anniversary of the death of Marshal Jozef Pilsudski, the nationalist and anti-Soviet military hero who led Poland between the World Wars...
Passing the residence of Polish Roman Catholic Primate Archbishop Jozef Glemp, the marchers paused, hoping that the church leader might appear, then sang a hymn beginning "Return us our free fatherland." Finally, farther along their route, they encountered opposition: massed militia units with dozens of vehicles armed with water cannons. There was no clash. The protesters turned away, hurling insults at the militia ("Gestapo," "Whom do you serve?") as they walked toward the Vistula River. There the march broke up. Said one young worker triumphantly: "That was exactly what we wanted. There was no violence. It was a real morale...
...officials and sympathizers of the independent trade union Solidarity. Until now, little has been known about the treatment of the 3,600 who, according to the government, are still held in about 40 camps around the country. Among the few visitors they have been permitted to receive is Archbishop Jozef Glemp, the Primate of Poland, who is said to have traveled to all the camps. Last month he was allowed behind the walls of the top-security Bialoleka prison near Warsaw, where some 300 Solidarity activists are held in isolation. TIME has obtained a rare photo of the Primate...
With those words, Archbishop Jozef Glemp, the Primate of Poland, dispelled rumors that his seven-day visit with Pope John Paul II might lead to a dramatic new initiative by the Roman Catholic Church to oppose the martial law regime of Polish General Wojciech Jaruzelski. Glemp, who returned to Warsaw last week with Archbishops Franciszek Cardinal Macharski of Cracow and Henryk Gulbinowicz of Wroclaw, seemed genuinely happy to be back on his native soil. Even the usually dour Macharski smiled broadly and told reporters at Okecie Airport: "Let us all be optimists. Things are not all that...