Word: wyszynski
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...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...
...Pope then celebrated a memorial Mass for Wyszynski. In his homily John Paul urged Poles to consider the Passion of Christ. The Pontiff told the hushed assembly, crammed into every alcove of the vaulted church, that he stood beneath the Cross, "together with all my compatriots-especially those who are most acutely tasting the bitterness of disappointment, humiliation, suffering, of being deprived of their freedom, of being wronged, of having their dignity trampled upon." Then, in a second indirect appeal to jailed Solidarity supporters, he cited Wyszynski's three-year ordeal under house arrest during a state campaign against...
...Pontiffs tribute to the late Primate underscored how deeply Polish Catholics have felt the loss of Wyszynski, who almost single-handed shaped the church into a social force that Poland's Communist leaders can now ignore only at great risk. His successor, Jozef Cardinal Glemp, 54, a soft-spoken expert in canon law, realizes only too well that he cannot imitate the late Primate's autocratic style. Instead, he has tried to work in closer consultation with the church's 89-member episcopate...
...assassination attempt came at a critical moment in Poland's 16 troubled months of reform. Polish Primate Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski, long a symbol of opposition to the Communist regime, lay dying. Solidarity leaders had begun to feel the pull of more militant supporters, especially after a March 1981 clash with police in Bydgoszcz. Even rank-and-file Communists had started to call for democratic changes in the party organization. By striking down Solidarity's pastor and main international patron, the Kremlin could, in one blow, have demoralized Polish society and shifted the shaky balance into the government's favor. Explains...
...that five of them live under Marxist regimes. Bishop Julijans Vaivods, 87, who has been acting head of the Archdiocese of Riga, is the first Latvian and the first resident of the Soviet Union ever to be made a Cardinal. Józef Glemp, 54, who succeeded Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski as Poland's Primate, was also elevated, a move that could strengthen his hand in delicate dealings with the Communist regime...