THE BISHOP'S CURIA IN PELPLIN IN DEFENCE OF OPPRESSED ACTIVISTS OF THE TORUŃ SOLIDARITY
THE BISHOP'S CURIA IN PELPLIN IN DEFENCE OF OPPRESSED ACTIVISTS OF THE TORUŃ SOLIDARITY
Author(s): Wojciech Polak, Sylwia Galij-SkarbińskaSubject(s): History of Church(es), Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Post-Communist Transformation
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: martial law; the Catholic Church in the Polish People's Republic; communist repression; underground Solidarity; internment camps;
Summary/Abstract: Both Polish bishops and Pope John Paul II protested against the imposition of martial law. From the first days of martial law, the Church engaged in a variety of activities: providing spiritual and material assistance to the interned, arrested, and imprisoned, and their families, caring for the wounded in the first days of martial law, and intervening with the authorities in cases of drastic repression against the opposition. Marian Przykucki, Bishop of Chełmno, led extensive activities. He visited internment camps and repeatedly intervened for the release of interned, arrested, and imprisoned Solidarity activists. He also protested against the brutal violations of human rights by the authorities in his diocese.
Journal: Reality of Politics. Estimates - Comments - Forecasts
- Issue Year: 2025
- Issue No: 33
- Page Range: 130-145
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English
