POLAND: POLISH PRIMATE, ARCHBISHOP GLEMP, ATTACKS GOVERNMENT BANNING OF SOLIDARITY.

Record ID: 355169

  • Title: POLAND: POLISH PRIMATE, ARCHBISHOP GLEMP, ATTACKS GOVERNMENT BANNING OF SOLIDARITY.
  • Date: 18th October 1982
  • Summary: 1. GV PAN Archbishop Glemp and entourage arriving at All Saints Church in Warsaw 0.08 2. GV INTERIOR Children's choir 0.13 3. SV Archbishop Glemp being robed 0.22 4. CU PULL BACK TO GV Archbishop Glemp's hands together in prayer 0.32 5. SV Portrait of Pope John Paul II 0.37 6. SV Archbishop Glemp speaking at service as congregation listens (3 shots) (POLISH SOT) 1.2
  • Embargoed: 2nd November 1982 12:00
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  • Location: WARSAW, POLAND
  • Country: Poland
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVAF4QZ8QHYI7XCUKZV3O6WY6HN3
  • Story Text: WARSAW, POLAND

    The Polish Catholic Primate, Archbishop Jozef Glemp, has bitterly attacked the government for its banning of the Solidarity trade union. In a service to commemorate the election of Polish-born Pope John Paul II, Archbishop Glemp told the congregation at All Saints Church in Warsaw, that Polish authorities had crushed people's hopes of a national accord. He criticised the ban on the trade union saying it had been done without consultation with the working class people of the country. The service followed a week of demonstrations and protests in response to the outlawing of Solidarity. The Archbishop said the ban -- which came into effect on October 8 -- eliminated the sense of self-esteem for nearly ten million members of the union. He added that the Church in Poland shared the pain and sense of oppression felt by the whole nation, and he quoted Pope John Paul saying Solidarity was part of the very nature of human work. The Polish people themselves were the main hope for the future he said. The packed congregation sang with Archbishop Glemp and raised their hands in the Solidarity salute.

    <strong>Source: REUTERS - STEFAN DMOCHOWSKI</strong>
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