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...house arrest during a state campaign against the church in the 1950s as an example of how to draw strength from adversity. The congregation burst into applause when John Paul thanked God that Wyszynski had been "spared the sad events associated with the date of Dec. 13, 1981," when martial law was imposed...
...outspoken Pontiff put the Jaruzelski government through some anxious hours during his first days in Poland, more trouble lies ahead this week. On Monday the Pope visits Poznan and Katowice, an industrial city where steelworkers and coal miners put up stiff resistance to martial law. Then John Paul moves on to Wroclaw, scene of some of the most violent clashes between Solidarity demonstrators and riot police. His trip will end with a sentimental return to his home town of Cracow...
...Jaruzelski reminded John Paul at Belvedere Palace, the Polish government has been waiting for the right moment to end martial law, which was only suspended last December. Before the Pope's arrival, officials in Warsaw were hinting privately that July 22, Poland's National Day, could be a propitious time for such a gesture. They also held out the hope that on that day the government might declare a general amnesty and release some of the 200 people that it claims are still in detention for martial law violations. Ironically, last week's upsurge of support...
During the street riots that have broken out periodically since the imposition of martial law, the victims of police batons have often sought medical aid at St. Martin's. Members of the committee, however, found that the centuries-old rule that those standing on God's soil were immune from earthly powers was broken with cruel abruptness last month when two dozen young toughs burst into the convent, smashed furniture, vandalized supplies, and savagely beat six committee members. From the minute the men came in, there was little doubt as to their identity: they were openly carrying police...
...committee, which gives aid to some 300 families in the Warsaw area alone, was created only a few days after the imposition of martial law. St. Martin's has a longstanding tradition of involvement with political opposition; thus the Franciscan convent was a natural gathering place in the aftermath of the military crackdown. At first the committee had difficulty distributing its relief supplies because the thousands of people interned were each allowed to receive only two food packages a month. But church officials intervened, and soon St. Martin's was permitted to deliver additional essential supplies...