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    Why are such authorities as John Paul II and Stefan Wyszynski no longer present in the Church? Przeciszewski replies

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    Why are such authorities as John Paul II and Stefan Wyszynski no longer present in the Church? Przeciszewski replies
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    Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński and Pope John Paul II are legendary figures who have left an incredible mark on the fate of Poland. In the Church today, however, it is difficult to find individuals who could be compared to them in terms of the format. – The Church was repressed, persecuted by the communists, so naturally, everyone gathered around this central figure […] The number of believers that we have in Poland is the result of the last two centuries of history,’ assessed Marcin Przeciszewski in an interview for Niezalezna.pl.

    Marcin Przeciszewski, the head of the Catholic Information Agency, was asked why there are no such strong figures in the Polish church anymore. “Both Cardinal Wyszyński and John Paul II are figured unsurpassed in their spiritual, intellectual and pastoral dimensions,” he assessed.

     

    “They are great personalities that were created by those conditions. As far as the authority of Cardinal Wyszynski is concerned, for example, he owed it to many functions in the Church that he held and thanks to which he could be a real leader of the Church in Poland. At the same time, he was the Primate, the Chairman of the Episcopate, he was also a papal legate because there was no Apostolic Nuncio then, and he had additional special powers granted by the Pope concerning the Western territories and the care for Catholics in the Soviet Union,” – he said.

     

    “It can be said that no successive episcopal leader after Wyszynski had such possibilities of exercising power. They are simply one of many bishops. The function of the chairman of the episcopate is simply coordinating the work of the structure we call the Polish Episcopal Conference, while the function of the primate separated chairman is a purely titular function.  Nowadays it is not so easy to build a similar authority,” – the interlocutor added. 

     

    Marcin Przeciszewski emphasized that the specificity of those times had a great influence on the authority of these figures. 

     

    “The Church was repressed, persecuted by the communist regime, so naturally, everyone gathered around the central figure of Cardinal Wyszyński, the Primate of Poland. Whereas at the moment, in times of freedom, the Church is very pluralistic, although it is of course uniform in the doctrinal sense. There is no need for such unity in every action as there was then,” he said.

     

    The head of KAI (Catholic Information Agency – editor’s note) assessed that currently there is no need to have one such strong figure. 

     

    “The number of believers we have in Poland is the result of two centuries of recent history.  Both in the 19th century, when, as they say, “the Church was the fatherland”, and in the 20th century, when the Church stood up for every citizen. It is only thanks to these two hundred years of the Church’s role that the number of believers is so high. This great grace of faith don’t have to depend on one particular strong authority or lack thereof,” he concluded.

    A mob of Romanian mushroom pickers besieged the Podkarpacie region. Even the foresters are afraid

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    A mob of Romanian mushroom pickers besieged the Podkarpacie region. Even the foresters are afraid
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    After three years, when mushroom pickers from Romania first appeared in the Podkarpacie region, the practice is increasingly flourishing. Although, as EU citizens, they have the right to harvest in publicly accessible forests, representatives of the State Forests alert that mushrooms are being exported in special coolers on a mass scale to western Europe. The prosecutor’s office refuses to institute proceedings, and foresters admit that they are afraid to go out into the field when they might come into contact with a group of several dozen young foreigners.

    “Over the past few years, the mushrooming visits of Romanians have become more civilized,” says the head forester of the Dukla Forestry Commission in the Podkarpacie region, quoted by “Gazeta Wyborcza”. The GW describes that three years ago, collectors drove their cars into the forest and were surprised that in our country, unlike Romania, this is forbidden.

     

    Recently they had already camped at the forest parking lot in Stasiana, and now they were staying at one of the guesthouses. Zbigniew Żywiec, the forest inspector, points out that the problem is the number of mushrooms they collect, which are exported from Poland every day. 

     

    “I know those mushrooms were going to Germany, to France. For industrial harvesting of mushrooms, you need to sign a contract with the State Forests. No such agreement has been signed here” – explains the “GW” interlocutor. 

     

    The Romanians are also worrying the locals – and it’s no longer just about the surrounding forests being cleared of mushrooms. There is also a growing concern about safety issues.

     

    When last year the case was reported to the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Krosno, it refused to initiate proceedings due to the lack of legal grounds. Gatherers, as long as they don’t break the law, can use the forests. 

     

    Foresters admit they have concerns about going out on their rounds, where they might encounter a group of dozens of young men. They have also announced that they will strengthen patrols in the forests, with police officers also supporting them.

    37. Warsaw Film Festival starts on October 8

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    37. Warsaw Film Festival starts on October 8
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    The festival will be held from 8 to 17 October in the traditional formula. The festival cinemas will be located in the heart of Warsaw, in Multikino Złote Tarasy and Kinoteka. The pre-sale of tickets starts on September 30.

    The organizers begin the presentation of films, which will be shown during the 37th edition of the Warsaw Film Festival. They start with non-competition sections: Best Polish Short Films, Polish Classics, and Family Film Weekend.

     

    For more information visit the Warsaw Film Festival website

    The situation on the eastern border of the EU and NATO remains tense. Rau: This is especially worrying for Poland

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    The situation on the eastern border of the EU and NATO remains tense. Rau: This is especially worrying for Poland
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    The situation on the eastern border of the EU and NATO remains tense, which is particularly worrying for Poland and the Baltic states, which is why cooperation between our countries is particularly close and intense, emphasized the head of Polish diplomacy Zbigniew Rau in Riga after meeting his counterparts from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.

    “A journalist who knew too much.” The premiere of a new book about Jarosław Ziętar is ahead of us

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    "A journalist who knew too much." The premiere of a new book about Jarosław Ziętar is ahead of us
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    “A Journalist Who Knew Too Much” is the title of a new book about a journalist from Poznań, Jarosław Zięta. The premiere of the publication is scheduled for Wednesday. The authors try to answer questions in the report, among others why the young reporter had to die and what was the role of the secret services in this case.

    Jarosław Ziętara was born in Bydgoszcz in 1968. He was a graduate of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. First, he worked in the academic radio, later he collaborated with, among others, “Gazeta Wyborcza”, “Kurier Codzienny”, the weekly “Wprost” and “Gazeta Poznańska”.

    Ziętara dealt with, among others, the subject of the so-called Poznań’s informal economy. For this reason – according to the findings of the prosecutor’s office – he was to be kidnapped and murdered. Ziętara was last seen on September 1, 1992. He left for work in the morning, but never reached the editorial office of “Gazeta Poznańska”.

    In 1999, Ziętara was presumed dead. Thanks to this, his family could put a symbolic plaque on the cemetery in Bydgoszcz. The journalist’s body has not been found to this day.

    Currently, two trials are pending in the Poznań court regarding the journalist’s case. In the first of them, the former senator Aleksander Gawronik (he agrees to the publication of his full name), accused of inciting the murder of Ziętara, sits on the bench of the defendant’s. In the second case, the prosecutor’s office accused former bodyguards of Elektromis – Mirosław R., ps. Ryba, and Dariusz L., ps. Lala – for the abduction, imprisonment and aiding in the murder of a reporter.

    On Wednesday, the publishing house “Otwarte” will publish a new book describing Ziętara’s case, “The Journalist Who Knew Too Much. Why did Jarosław Ziętara have to die? ”.

    Great news from France. Polish illustrator wins a prestigious award

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    Great news from France. Polish illustrator wins a prestigious award
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    Great news from France. Polish illustrator Joanna Concejo was awarded the prestigious illustrator award Grand Prix de l’illustration jeunesse 2021. The artist was honoured for illustrations to the book “Sénégal” by Artur Scriabin, announced on Twitter of the Book Institute.

    “Joanna Concejo won the prestigious French illustrator’s Grand Prix de l’illustration jeunesse 2021. The Polish artist was honoured for illustrations to the book Sénégal by Artur Scriabin, published by Atelier du poisson soluble,” it was written in the information on the BI website.

    As explained, “the prize of 3,000 euros will be presented on September 23, during the inauguration of the Biennale of Illustrators, which runs until October 3”.

    Joanna Concejo was born in 1971 in Słupsk, she studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań, at the Faculty of Graphics.

    As noted, Joanna Concejo’s books have already been published in over twenty countries. “For Prince in a Confectionery (text by Marek Bieńczyk) she received an IBBY (The International Board on Books for Young People) award,” it was recalled.

    “We are looking for Polish Shakespeare”. The competition launches

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    "We are looking for Polish Shakespeare". The competition launches
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    The Hieronim Konieczka Polish Theater in Bydgoszcz and the Polish Center of the International Association of Theaters for Children and Youth ASSITEJ announce the 18th National Competition for Young Playwriters “We are looking for Polish Shakespeare”.

    “The recipients of this unique competition on a Polish scale, from its first edition in 1984, are young artists (12-21 years old) who try their hand at drama and playwriting,” wrote Aleksandra Rzęska from the Polish Theater in Bydgoszcz.

    As she explained, “the main goal of the competition, following the mission of the authors, Prof. Halina Machulska and Prof. Maciej Wojtyszka, is the education of children and youth by art”.

    It was emphasized that “the competition plays in the 18th edition of the Competition are to be in the form of a monodrama (a performance for one performer), inspired by the slogan Human voice”.

    The texts should be sent together with the applications by November 1, 2021. The rules of the competition can be found on the websites: www.teatrpolski.pl and www.assitej.pl in the tabs concerning the competition.

    “The prizes include digital publication of the winning works and a presentation in the form of a stage sketch on the stage of the Polish Theater in Bydgoszcz,” it was written, adding that “the organizers will also provide in-kind prizes”.

    CJEU and the defence of the rule of law. What is hiding under that cloak? Kaleta: Political intentions only

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    CJEU and the defence of the rule of law. What is hiding under that cloak? Kaleta: Political intentions only
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    – “Exposing the CJEU’s alleged defense of the rule of law shows that these are only political intentions resulting from the fact that Poland is currently the largest state in the EU, which pursues a policy convergent with the concept of the EU as a confederation of states respecting the sovereignty of each of them,” the Deputy Justice Minister Sebastian Kaleta said on Michał Rachoń’s #Jedziemy program.

    The European Commission said last Tuesday it would ask the EU Court of Justice to impose financial penalties on Poland for non-compliance with a Court decision obliging the country on 14 July to suspend the application of provisions concerning the powers of the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court, set up to conduct disciplinary proceedings against, among others, judges. The EC has also launched an infringement procedure against Poland for failing to take the necessary measures to fully implement a CJEU judgment of 15 July stating that Polish legislation on the disciplinary system for judges is incompatible with EU law.

     

    Deputy Justice Minister Sebastian Kaleta commented on the case on Michał Rachoń’s #Jedziemy program. 

     

     “Every state that is in dispute with the CJEU on some fundamental issue has adopted such a position as this group of states that have directly questioned the superiority of EU law over the constitution,” – he stated.

     

    “We show all these analogies for the reason that these arguments expose the essence of the attack on Poland. This is not an attack on the rule of law, because in the realm of law we are right. The exposure of the alleged defense of the rule of law shows that these are only political intentions resulting from the fact that Poland is currently the largest country in the EU, which pursues a policy consistent with the concept of the EU as a confederation of states that respects the sovereignty of each state,” – he stressed.  

     

     

    The EC, he added, tries from time to time to introduce a social ideology close to the left on various moral issues.  “We don’t like that either – against Poland or Hungary, which promote the traditional family model,” he pointed out.

    They ran for health for the 14th time

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    They ran for health for the 14th time
    Stowarzyszenie Pomocy Chorym na Mięsaki i Czerniaki Sarcoma

    The Oncology Run (Onco-run) broke another record for cancer patients. On Sunday, 12 September, for the fourteenth time Poles – and not only – ran in a gesture of solidarity with cancer patients and their families. It’s all thanks to the event that the Sarcoma Association has been organizing for 14 years, namely “Onco-run – Together for Health!”.

    2200 registered Onko-runners covered a total of 13,356 km, which gives the amount of PLN 201,340! This contributed to breaking the record in terms of kilometers covered together, as well as funds raised, which the Sarcoma Association will allocate to support the charges and prevention.

     

    Three groups of guests in teams of 40 people, ran on the grounds of the National Cancer Institute, especially for the patients staying in the Institute’s wards. Following the motto “Together for health” Onco-runners all over Poland covered kilometers marking their photos on social media with the hashtag #Onkobieg. 

     

    “Oncology has different meanings. For some, it can mean the next step during treatment on the road to health. For others, it is an expression of solidarity with those who face the disease,” recalled Szymon Bubiłek, an organizer from the Sarcoma Association, from the Onco-run studio.

    Poznań: By a hair's breadth from tragedy. The driver showed skill

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    There was a very dangerous situation on one of the roads in Poznan. The driver of an Opel Astra, thanks to his exceptional skill, avoided hitting a cyclist who had entered a pedestrian crossing. The entire incident was recorded by another road user’s car DVRs.

    The video shows that for those heading straight ahead, the traffic signal displays a green light. The footage shows the driver of the Opel Astra passing a traffic light and braking sharply just after it.

     

    Braking was necessary because a cyclist suddenly appeared in the pedestrian crossing.

     

    A tragedy could have occurred, but at the last moment, the driver passed a man on a bicycle.

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