Magister discusses the situation in Poland, and the polarisation that has arisen there. He also looks at the question from the point of view of Rome. He says,
The current director of “Tygodnik,” Fr. Adam Boniecki, once a personal friend of Wojtyla’s and head of the Polish edition of “L’Osservatore Romano,” has said:
“I don’t know who, but someone has misled pope Joseph Ratzinger. This is a serious matter, and someone must pay for it, in Poland or in the Vatican.”
These words, given in an interview with the Italian newspaper “la Repubblica” on the day of Wielgus’ resignation, were reprinted with great emphasis in “Avvenire,” the newspaper of the Italian bishops’ conference, which has a direct link to the Vatican secretary of state, cardinal Tarcisio Bertone: this is a sign of strong displeasure and irritation on the part of Church leadership over how that matter came to a conclusion.
In effect, the final curtain of this drama – the resignation of Wielgus just 40 hours after he had formally taken his post as archbishop of Warsaw – can be explained only by an authoritative decision by Benedict XVI himself.
If by ordering his resignation the pope finally decided to reverse his position of constant support for Wielgus as head of the most important diocese in Poland, it must be because he was convinced by very serious facts.
2 comments:
Having heard the tape it is obvious that the Polish people including Cardinal Glemp were very saddened and angred by this resignation. Roman Giertych suspects government intervention. Obviously there is something about the Archbishop that may be a threat to the government or its policies. Seems there is a lot more here than we are being told.
The Independent newspaper uses this incident to throw mud at Pope Benedict in an item from Peter Popham in Rome. " a member of the Nazi Youth....", " Ratzinger is not a courageous man, said one Vatican specialist" The Vatican 'specialist' is too much of a coward to give his name to his libel of a man who looked death in the face by visiting Turkey recently.Your readers may like to remember this when they buy their next paper.
regards, Ken
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