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...Stefan Kanfer...
...treat history in an uncritical manner" and encourage Polish youths to believe "myths, legends and half-truths." It was a clear reference to John Paul's homily in Czestochowa, in which he cited examples of heroic self-sacrifice from Poland's 1,000-year history. Foreign Minister Stefan Olszowski blamed "Western countries and their media" for turning the papal visit into an "antisocialist demonstration." Equally blunt criticism came from Government Spokesman Jerzy Urban, who hinted that "relations between church and state" might be damaged by the Pope's visit. Said he: "We did not rent...
...other stops, the religious ceremony in Poznan had its political moments. The Pope praised farmers of the region for struggling to retain their "profound link with the land." Referring directly to the banned independent farmers' union, John Paul recalled the support that the late Polish Primate Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski had shown to "representatives of Rural Solidarity" during a meeting in April 1981. The crowd roared even louder when John Paul told them he had come to "kneel in this place and pay homage," in a reference to a memorial to Polish workers slain in Poznan during riots...
Paying for the services did not, moreover, guarantee that they would be available. Green and tan credentials issued to reporters were not valid for such major events as the Pope's first meeting with Polish General Wojciech Jaruzelski and the memorial Mass for Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski. For those occasions, the government issued blue passes to a small fraction of the accredited reporters. Said Reporter Barry James of U.P.I.: "Having a press card entitled you to go into the press center and watch events on closed-circuit television." The telecasts were sometimes hours late, and no one in authority seemed...
...Cathedral, a red-brick gothic church in the Old Town that has served as a rallying point for antigovernment demonstrators since the declaration of martial law. John Paul entered the church and descended to the underground crypt to pray in front of the tomb of the late Polish Primate Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski, who died...